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Vacation Day #7 - Another Fabulous Day At Sea

Cruising past Cabo San Lucas, which we would be returning to in a few days

Vacation Day #6 - Another Day At Sea

The ship's party planner, Bekka, made a LOT of alcohol (not Sangria - just a mixture of lots & lots of liquor) for her cooking demonstration. How do you become a cruise ship party planner anyway? Cruising is exhausting!

Vacation Day #7 - San Diego

The San Diego stop was sad. It marked the end of the 1st portion of our repositioning cruise - all the polite, classy Canadians left and all the loud, tattooed Americans arrived. The atmosphere on board went downhill quickly after that. Still, we tried to enjoy San Diego. We loves our Starbucks! The Gaslamp quarter seemed promising, but it was too touristy for us. We had planned to visit the USS Midway Museum, but the price scared us away. $17.00 each?! No thank you! Sailing away

Vacation Day #6 - At Sea Again

You know it's a fancy cruise when they serve unicorn! After lunch, there was a cute, towel-animal dog waiting for us. But the room steward forgot to refill our fruit bowl. We needed a way to get his attention so he wouldn't forget again. We really like fruit.

Vacation Day #5 - At Sea

Our 1st formal night And, even better, ping pong! My kind of sport

Not My Pochacco Mug! Say It Ain't So!

Oh !#%*!!!!!!! Confused? Click here.

Vacation Day #4 - Astoria, Oregon

The day started out so chilly that we didn't plan to leave the Veendam. Luckily, the sun came out and we went ashore. Where we had the best fish and chips ever, made with tuna, at Bowpicker Fish and Chips. One whole order was plenty to share! Bonus: they gave us 6 pieces instead of 5! Woo hoo! We didn't expect to see any New Mexico plates in Oregon. We returned to our room to find this cute elephant!

Vacation Day #3 - Victoria

Captions coming soon (yeah, sure!) Ooooh, houseboats! (Okay, just 1 caption)

Vacation Day #2 - Vancouver

We had breakfast at the hotel, walked to Starbucks, and took a stroll through the city. After the party animals go to sleep, (so, soo many party animals downtown on a Saturday night) Vancouver is quite nice! One of my all-time favorite photos of Sexy Nerd. These photos were taken by the Canada Place cruise ship terminal. "Gimme that camera!" "I want to move to Vancouver!" We walked through Stanley Park. Nothing in Albuquerque can compete with it. Ooh, canadian geese in Canada! While strolling through the park, we came across many raccoons, including this mom & baby: We walked back to the cruise ship terminal, checked in, then continued sightseeing. The steam clock in Gas Town: Next, it was time for some lunch. Holland America Veendam, here we come! Coolest thing on the ship? Touch-screen game tables in the Mix Lounge. Weirdest thing on the ship? Every day, they change the rugs in the elevators so that the passengers will kno

Vacation Day #1 - Seattle

After flying to Seattle from Albuquerque, we took the light rail to the Amtrak station, where we were able to check our luggage. Next, it was time to explore the waterfront. Who can resist having their photo taken with a giant penguin? Not me. We walked to the mall. Sexy Nerd found a more manly penguin for his photo. Downtown Seattle seemed a bit rough so we made sure to be back at the Amtrak station before dark. The station is undergoing a huge restoration project right now. The Amtrak station started with a beautiful, intricate ceiling. Some time during the 60s, someone had the "brilliant" idea to modernize the building - by installing a drop ceiling! I can't believe Amtrak has waited this long to start uncovering the original ceiling. We arrived in Vancouver shortly before midnight. It wasn't the best 1st impression of Canada. We're old fuddy duddys and on Saturday night/early Sunday morning, Vancouver is a party town!