
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.