Humpbacks and Orcas
big-city finale to our Northwest tour. Then we waited. Dur ing t he inter vening yea r, we decided to put our home in St. Michaels up for sale and relocate to our favorite Florida city of Sarasota. Four months before we were to start the cruise, our house sold. We had to scramble to buy a house in Sarasota, pack everything we owned in Maryland, move and then unpack it all into our new home. Pat rebooked our flights to originate in and return to Tampa. Everything was set until we arrived at the airport at 6 a.m. the day of our departure. The first thing we saw on the monitor was that our f light was cancelled. Great, I
places where big cruise ships dare not go. Those were the places we wanted to see. *** Pat, who spent a good part of her professional life booking travel for the various business executives she supported, arranged for the airfare from BWI to Seattle to Ketchikan to meet the boat. We booked three nights prior to boarding the David B in a very nice Ketchikan hotel, thinking we might as well enjoy the only time we plan to visit Alaska. We also booked two nights in a waterfront hotel in Bellingham after our return and two nights in Seattle to give a
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