Day 14 In Port and Out of Port

We have arrived in port at 6 am and begin emptying the ship as quickly as possible. Within a window of 3 hours everyone is off ship and our housekeeping staff are making beds and cleaning room all over again to make ready for the next departure at 5 in the evening. In case you were wondering my ship holds 1, 256 passengers and 350 crew members so starting Sunday afternoon that is a lot of laundry to do, and they do it so well! I went off ship and visited with my special friend Michael and Brian. I always choose Vancouver as my port of preference because I get to saty my good friends Hanks and Lorna and visit the parish I first served in. Good friends, good times, good memories, when I left Vancouver I was treated to a rare site and you can see from pictures just how perfect the day was. Mt Baker was completely in view as it silhouetted the Vancouver skyline. We were off on another voyage with near perfect weather. A midnight I went out onto the sometimes private deck outside my cabin area and watch the pilots come onboard. There is a full moon right now and you could see perfectly for quite some distance. Of course what I had to face while watching this transfer of pilots was a gale force wind that so strong I had to brace myself against the wind and hold on to the rail. It was quite the site to see. Shades of the Titanic but without the sinking!