This will be the last post for this trip, We have been home for a few weeks but I could not leave the last day without a comment. For those that receive an email with this post, if you check the blog site (Google "del col travels" ) you will see some of the photos that were taken along the way.
Needless to say, the disembarkation in Vancouver was an adventure. Without all the details, the ship saw 2 Canadians travelling to the U.S. and figured that we should be put in the last group to leave the ship. I checked on this 2 days prior to arrival and was told everything was fine. Well after some stressful "conversations" with various staff; we finally left the ship at 9:45. Our flight left at 12:20. The lineup at Canadian customs was long (3 officers for 2200 people). More stress and panic begging someone to get us out of there. Finally a very young Princess "helper" a "Miss Huung" realized that we would not make it. After checking with her supervisor, she took us to the front of immigration (300 people looking on). The officer was a bit reluctant to let us jump the cue but I think when he saw we were Canadian, we passed quickly. Miss Huung grabbed our bags and led us to the taxi line (we had a bus transfer). weaving in and out of about 50 people in line, she took us to the taxi dispatcher for Princess. She grabbed the next cab, gave us a chit and off to the airport. We managed to get our boarding passes, clear security and get through U.S. customs with about 40 minutes to spare. If it had not been for that one young lady, we could still be in line!
Home safe and sound now and ready for our road trip to Calgary to see the grand kids!
Cheers
