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On July 1, 2003 Jim and Carol celebrated their
25th wedding anniversary. Jim surprised Carol with a cruise to Alaska
which included spending three days in Vancouver British Columbia in Canada.
We arrived in Vancouver on July 5 and departed on the cruise July 6 returning
to Vancouver on July 13. We then stayed at a bed and breakfast in
Vancouver for two more nights before returning home.
Jim had traveled to Vancouver while he worked for Rockwell Collins and always thought of it as one of the most beautiful cities he had been to in the world.. As you can see the mountains are right there at the city limits which makes for a beautiful backdrop to a very unique city in the Northwest. This picture was taken from the Canada Place pier the day before we
cruised.
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 July
6 was a beautiful day as we prepared to leave Vancouver and begin the cruise
up the inside passage. As you can see the weather and temperature
was just beautiful. The Mercury is a beautiful ship in the Celebrity
line. |
 The
Mercury is an amazing ship. It is 798 ft long and 101 ft wide.
At full speed of 23 knots it burns 94 gallons of diesel per mile! |
 This
is the view of Canada Place from the deck of the Mercury the day we departed. |
 Carol
and I participated in a shipboard welcome to newleyweds and couples celebrating
anniversaries. This was in the Navigators Club which is right at
the front of the ship. |
 Carol
was enjoying some hot soup and marveling at the sight of the Hubbard Glacier
which is what she is pointing at in this picture. |
 This
is a view of the Hubbard Glacier which is about 2 miles behind us.
Because of all the ice in the water we could not get as close to the glacier
as expected. The glacier is the light blue right up to the base of
the mountain. The face of the glacier is about 250 to 300 ft tall
from the water. |
 This
is the view of our first cruising sunset. We had just finished dinner
on the first evening and we went up to the top deck and this was the view
about 10:30 pm that evening just at sunset. |
 These
were all the folks that cruised with us. We met them the first night
at dinner. Dinner is always at the same tabel and with the same folks.
Our table, as you can see, is right next to the windows at the stern of
the ship. How luckey we were to have this beautiful view the entire
cruise. |
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