Bon Voyage!

Seattle has been know for it's rain and traffic problems, all of which we have been dealing with a lot this last month. However, take that all away and there are some really great things about living here. One of which is the chance to catch a cruise ship for a weekend getaway only 40 minutes from my front door. Last weekend, Zeke and I went away for the weekend with three other couples on the Mercury Cruise Ship (part of the Celebrity Cruise line)

The weather was in our favor. The morning we left I woke up at 6am and did my daily run, in the rain and cold, by noon the weather was perfect. Here is the Seattle skyline from the boat, right after we got on. It was such an added treat to have great weather.

And we are off!

Zeke in his life jacket getting ready for the emergency drill!

The day before we left someone asked me: "If a cruise ship was much different than a ferry?" My response was OH YEAH!

Mainly because of the all the endless yummy food!

It's a good thing this cruise was only 3 days compared to 15, or I would come home quite a bit heavier.

This was the dining room were we ate dinner every night.

Our stateroom was nice, except it was in the cheapest part of the ship right next to the engine. Where we experienced a small earthquake each morning at 6am that lasted 1 hour while the cruise ship came into port.

Formal Night.

Ping Pong was a hit!

1st Stop: Vancouver BC (Canada)
A day in the city.

We had a fun time hoping on and off this bus touring all the sites of Vancouver BC.

At night we attended the dancing parties on the boat. At the sock hop our group won a certain dancing cheering contest. The prize was a free drink for us to share. Boy did we earn it, because Zeke was horse for several days after.
2nd stop Nanaimo BC

A small town on Vancouver Island. It's about a 90 minute drive to Victoria. It was so pretty from the boat. The mountains, and fall colors were gorgeous.

There wasn't much to do in Nanaimo, except to shop. So the men didn't last too long and headed back to the boat to play shuffleboard. The girls finished shopping and stopped for high tea and a Nanaimo bar.

Depression set in early Monday, morning when we arrived back into Seattle. The weather had changed back to rain, and our husbands were heading back to work. Oh how the weekend went too fast.

This picture is such a contrast from when we left on Friday.

Zeke and I returned home to find our kids very well taken care of by Zeke's parents. I don't think they missed us at all (well maybe Jacob did a little).