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Welcome to our coastal cruise! My husband Carl and I hadn’t cruised since before Covid. Things have changed, a few for the better. Many for the worse. For the good or bad, here we go! We chose to take the flyaway from Van Nuys to LAX. Because we had an international flight to Vancouver, we …
Let’s start with something good on the cruise ship—the showers. They now have a hand-held shower that is perfectly positioned. The hot water comes on quick. We’re learning what’s good to eat in the buffet and what is not. We shared our breakfast table with some lovely Canadian people who are staying in Los Angeles …
This was supposed to be a relaxing sea day. Well, we had to forget that. First order of business was showing up at 7 a.m. to stand in a line and get tickets for our face-to-face immigration interview. That information is listed in the GOOD TO KNOW section. Our original plan was to sleep in, …
I woke up as we were about to go under the Golden Gate Bridge. It was still foggy, but we could see! This is the only building remaining from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Palace of Fine Arts. We were scheduled for an architectural tour of San Francisco on a previous coastal cruise, but …
Today’s feature event was a shore excursion to Muir Woods and then back to Sausalito. Our guide, usually a tour bus driver, knew a lot of history. He could answer questions although he was a little snarky. Maybe that comes from having to be quiet when he drives. Muir Woods smelled so good, the way …
This was yet another early morning. Tender tickets were available at 7 a.m. No matter how management framed their ridiculous tickets from today and San Francisco, I was not impressed. We ate a late breakfast while watching the shoreline as the ship approached shallow Avalon Harbor, thus the need for tenders. Once they started calling …
What could possibly be interesting about getting off a ship at the end of a cruise? How about an excursion? Although we were the only natives on the bus, we really enjoyed touring Los Angeles. Taking a tour turned out to be pretty fun and different and it didn’t seem like the end of our …
I’ve tried an experiment. I ask people what their favorite season is. Then I ask if their birthday falls in that season. Remarkably, it almost always does. That’s true for me too. I absolutely adore fall. The colors, the cooler weather, orange everything. Fall fabrics make me drool. Well, not really but you get the …