Day 1 - Back Aboard the ms Noordam

We're due to board the ms Noordam at midday. Our short five-night trip brings us to Astoria, OR; Seattle, WA; and Victoria, BC. I am purposely leaving the travel computer at home, so there will be no blog posts between this and one next Sunday night. I will, however, choose some of the best photos and include one or two from each of our days on this mini journey. 

The ship just pulled in from the South Pacific today. It starts regular summer service to Alaska after we depart on Sunday. This ship spends most of its time between Auckland and here. 

The last time we were on the Noordam was when we took the fall trans-Pacific to Australia and New Zealand. That was in 2017. It was a much longer 42 nights aboard. On the way, we stopped in Hawaii, Fiji, American Samoa, and New Caledonia. You're used to seeing it from the other side but we sailed right by this: