R and R CruisinTogether

We signed up for this wondrous world journey nearly three years ago.  Our love has been sealed even tighter through our amazing adventures we have shared during these past five months.  And we will soon be delivered home... Our voyage has traversed more than 36,000 nautical miles, 5 continents and 125 countries.  After 130 blogs, 10 pounds and 146 days wondering where I am in this world, I will be ready to sit on our back porch and listen to Kyle David Watts' song, In My Backyard. First of all, I want to thank you for reading my blog.  It meant a great deal to me to know that I have had readers share our sojourn and inspired me to keep spending time in quiet contemplation and reflection (and looking for just the right travel quotes and love songs).  Thank you for your comments which were important to me and made the blog more interesting.  I hope you enjoyed it!  I sure did! Our family has been mentioned and anyone who has followed knows we love and ch...

 View from our cruise ship in Victoria, British Columbia.  Victoria is the capital of BC and is known as the "Garden City".   We walked only five miles today spending our time in the city.  There were gardens and trees everywhere.  Victoria is so clean and green - the best way to describe it is pristine.   Built in 1909, The Empress is the iconic hotel that is shown in nearly every description of Victoria.  We walked by it several times today as it sits near the harbor.  It was 60 degrees and the sun shined all day making this city sparkle.  The locals were mostly dressed in tee shirts, shorts and sandals while we wore long sleeve shirts with a jacket.  Our lunch stop was Finn's Seafood.  We walked to Cook Street Village for coffee and muffins which were good along with a good walk through residential neighborhoods but the village was a bit of a disappointment.  Munro's Bookstore was a highlight.  The building wa...

                                                            Vancouver from an overlook in Stanley Park. Ten miles of walking occupied much of our time yesterday.  We hiked five miles in Stanley Park, which consists of half a million trees with some reaching a height of 250 feet and hundreds of years old.  The red cedar and Douglas fir trees were enormous and wild flowers were blooming.  Rain fell on us for a couple of hours but had stopped by the time we paused in front of this rhododendron bush.  While Stanley Park is wildly maintained, the entrance is manicured with a variety of flora.                                                    ...