Jay's birthday is on Thursday. So, we figured we could squeeze in a bit more time aboard Holland America Line vessels this year. Of course, because of COVID restrictions, there was a drought of sailings for a couple of years. The prices for this season's cruises are some of the cheapest we've ever seen. So we'll be redoing the same itinerary we did for my 60th birthday in July 2019. It is just seven nights but leaves mid-week rather than on the weekend.
We will roll our bags down to the SkyTrain station in our building and roll them out right at the Vancouver waterfront cruise pier. Many of the other passengers will have flown, some thousands of miles, to join us.
We like leaving and returning to Vancouver by ship. This was taken on the other side of Stanley Park during our last cruise to Alaska. Passing under the Lion's Gate Bridge is a fun experience too.