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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Thu, May 28, 2015 10:15 AM ====================================== lunavideogames we are so looking forward to seeing everyone at Tiki Oasis 15. It's just to fun getting all those hugs! Our trip was perfect because I didn't catch a cold until the last day. We didn't miss anything. Last night Dan got Panda take out for our anniversary meal since I can't go out of the house. LoriLovesTiki Thank you always. I've been working on Jeff Loves Lori Bob and he'll soon be on his way to you! Joshua Bell I love having fun connections show up. How cool to have taken that photo and have you see it. Going to Oasis? hang10tiki I have a very tolerant husband who travels for me when he'd rather stay home and play records. I want to go everywhere, visit new places and see friends and also make tikis too. Those are my fun times. ===================================== Time for the last half of our trip and then it's back to posting tiki times. I do want to share that almost every carpet on the ship reminded me of a Tiki Bob mug that I'd made. Here's an example. ====================================== We have now arrived in Juneau, Alaska. It's time for silly tacky tourist photos! Dan and his Aunt Lilly. Dan resting with our ship in the background. Celebrity is easy to find because they all have a huge X on the top. I am growing taller every day. We took a tram up to the top of a mountain and went for a hike. The view was outstanding. The cables ran right down to where our ship was parked. This is how the natives would mark their territories. My favorite photo from the trip. Sunset and then the next morning. We have a day at sea on our way through Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska Another set of Grand Tetons! This pass usually have lots of ice bergs to view. Global warming showed us a few ice cubes. There was so little snow and ice it was scary. We have arrived in British Columbia and the city of Victoria I've been here in 105 degree heat with everything in bloom but misery under the sun and I've been here with Dan in the winter when it was all green and not a single bit of other colors. This time it was perfect. Blooms everywhere and the temperature was in the 60's. What a glorious visit. We were cut loose to walk anywhere we pleased. This is the sunken garden. This is one of the most beautiful places on earth and it almost didn't happen. The owners were on a trip when they got a cable that the husbands favorite pets, ducks, had been killed by predators. So he diverted the family from England to Germany to pick out new ducks to have shipped. His wife was so mad. WWI was about to start and going to Germany was a hazardous trip. However the ship home they missed was the Titanic! The same family owns this place today and runs it with a staff of around 500. We were there in the morning so I was able to take photos without crowds. Our next stop was a castle. At one time this family who was into all kinds of cement industry owned 1/3 of the entire island. There was stained glass in most window tops. Here's another interesting bathroom. This one from the Victorian era. An example of a bedroom for company. Scary steep stairways throughout the 4 story castle. Outside in the backyard. We are now back on the bus and driving around the city. This is the Empress Hotel where tourists go for tea. Part of the dockyards. The last totem pole we saw. We are on the ship and sailing overnight to Astoria, Oregon. Now that we are back to the good ole' USA were were greeted by the Coast Guard. We joined a tour and went to the top of a mountain and to this tower. We didn't hike to the top. We drove past an outdoor farmers market, wow it was crazy! I just saw this home and thought it was really cute. It was a long walk. We felt sorry for all the people who live in these areas where tourists walk and gawk. Here's the house. We plan to watch the movie in the future to see this house show up. I saw this vehicle from the bus. I love the old rusty paint colors. We are back on the ship and sailing overnight back to the start, San Francisco. This is our last meal on the ship. Coit Tower is still overseeing the port. Lining up to disembark. It wasn't a long wait to get off and meanwhile look at the view! I now have a cold and I'm ready to be at home. Only a 2.5 hour drive. We piled all our clothes needing to be washed and Dan my sweetheart did it all. It's great to be home and to our tikis. Tomorrow I'll be tiki posting again. Cheers, Wendy

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lunavideogames we are so looking forward to seeing everyone at Tiki Oasis 15. It's just to fun getting all those hugs!
Our trip was perfect because I didn't catch a cold until the last day. We didn't miss anything. Last night Dan got Panda take out for our anniversary meal since I can't go out of the house.

LoriLovesTiki Thank you always. I've been working on Jeff Loves Lori Bob and he'll soon be on his way to you!

Joshua Bell I love having fun connections show up. How cool to have taken that photo and have you see it. Going to Oasis?

hang10tiki I have a very tolerant husband who travels for me when he'd rather stay home and play records. I want to go everywhere, visit new places and see friends and also make tikis too. Those are my fun times.

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Time for the last half of our trip and then it's back to posting tiki times.

I do want to share that almost every carpet on the ship reminded me of a Tiki Bob mug that I'd made. Here's an example.

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We have now arrived in Juneau, Alaska. It's time for silly tacky tourist photos!

Dan and his Aunt Lilly.

Dan resting with our ship in the background. Celebrity is easy to find because they all have a huge X on the top.

I am growing taller every day.

We took a tram up to the top of a mountain and went for a hike.

The view was outstanding.

The cables ran right down to where our ship was parked.

This is how the natives would mark their territories.

My favorite photo from the trip.

Sunset and then

the next morning. We have a day at sea on our way through Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

Another set of Grand Tetons!

This pass usually have lots of ice bergs to view. Global warming showed us a few ice cubes. There was so little snow and ice it was scary.

We have arrived in British Columbia and the city of Victoria

I've been here in 105 degree heat with everything in bloom but misery under the sun and I've been here with Dan in the winter when it was all green and not a single bit of other colors. This time it was perfect. Blooms everywhere and the temperature was in the 60's. What a glorious visit.

We were cut loose to walk anywhere we pleased. This is the sunken garden. This is one of the most beautiful places on earth and it almost didn't happen. The owners were on a trip when they got a cable that the husbands favorite pets, ducks, had been killed by predators. So he diverted the family from England to Germany to pick out new ducks to have shipped. His wife was so mad. WWI was about to start and going to Germany was a hazardous trip. However the ship home they missed was the Titanic!