St.Kitts-Caribbean Cruise-Jan.2006

January 5th. 2006, Cynthia and I headed to Seattle and flew to Norfolk Virginia. We overnighted there and then boarded the Maasdam, one of Holland America's ships for an 11 day cruise to some of the islands in the Eastern Caribbean. The ship left Norfolk late due to prop problems and as we left on one engine only, we missed our first port of call at Half Moon Cay, Holland America's private island. Other stops were at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts (where the picture above was taken), Bridgetown Barbados and finally San Juan Puerto Rico. We had a fine time and felt it was a marvellous way to celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary which was earlier in January.
When we returned to Norfolk, we again overnighted there and did some exploring before flying back the next day to Seattle. It was one more overnighter there and then came the drive back to Vancouver Island which took us about 7 and a half hours. It had been a marvellous time, but we were also glad to be home with friends and family.

First Driving Lesson!

This picture was taken at Tim and Andi's home on Christmas morning. Charlotte had unwrapped one of her gifts and Tim was trying to show her how to ride it. She wasn't quite sure about the whole thing and for a while preferred to push it around, which was just fine with us. The morning was great, for as usual Andi had invited family members on both sides to come and have breakfast together at their home. Everyone chipped in something, we all got a chance to see each other and to wish each other a Merry Christmas. It was a fine time!