Cruise to Canada

Gary surprised me with an invitation to go on a cruise to Canada in October!  Krista, Gary's daughter, and her friend, Cheryl Nottingham, joined us.

We drove to Washington, stayed overnight, and left our car parked in the hotel's parking lot.  We flew to New York and were met by people from the ship.

(Click on any photo for a larger view.)

 Our route went from New York; to New Port, Rhode Island; 

to Boston, Massachusetts, to Bar Harbor, Maine; 

to St. John in New Brunswick, Canada; to Halifax, Canada; 

and back to New York.

Our first formal night.

Dinner on our first formal night.

Our first excursion was on an American Cup sailboat.  There were nine tourists, two deck hands, and a captain who loved what he was doing.  He had us share where we were from, how long we'd been married, and the secret to staying together.  When we told that we were not married but in a romantic relationship -- everyone oohed and awed!

There were photo opts everywhere we turned!

One of the highlights of the trip was supposed to be the fall leaves.  There wasn't much color this year but we did see some.  Once again, we struggle to try to take a selfie!

Going to the Northeast includes some excellent lobster.  We were glad that the servers came around and got the meat out of the shell for us.  Oooo, it was soooo good!

I was fascinated with how they prepared the dessert presentation.  First, they had different colors of icing in "mustard bottles".  They drew the design on the plates, then placed the item "just so."  Needless to say, they were fast!  And we were fast to sample as many different desserts as possible!

Cheryl and Krista were great travel mates.  They pretty much went their way but we always had dinner together and sometimes other meals, too.

This is the photo that we liked the best because we were both smiling with twinkling eyes.  The truth of the matter was that we were muttering about what a STUPID pose this was!

Gary and Krista do enjoy their cruises and I will gladly go most anywhere they suggest!    

p.s.  The good news is that we didn't gain weight.