I just returned from a week long cruise to Canada. It was my second big ship cruise, the first one was many years ago with my husband for our 25th wedding anniversary. Widowed now, I took this trip with three gal pals and my sister. We had a nice time, but it wasn't my favorite trip. Unfortunately we had terrible weather, cold, rainy and windy. We were supposed to leave from Montreal, but once we got there, we found out that the river was too high from all the rain, so had to bus three hours to Quebec to board the ship. I don't think I like big ship cruising. This was Holland America, about 1,200 passengers. I know that's not big by some standards, but it was for me, being used to small (40 to 90 passengers) ship cruising. Yes, we had a lot of food (too much), but it seemed like there was too much down time with not enough things to do. Or perhaps I should say that there were not enough things to do that suited me. The shore excursions were pricey and not all that interesting, in my opinion. I'm sure that if the weather had been nicer, we might have had a different opinion.
I didn't take a lot of pictures because of the bad weather, but I did take a few when it wasn't raining.
These lobster ropes and buoys were on a dock in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. It was a lovely spot with beautiful scenery.
These next few shots are from Bar Harbor, Maine, the only day with some sunshine and fairly warm temps.
This sea gull in the park in the harbor at Bar Harbor was so cooperative about posing for pictures. I was able to get closer and closer and of course, I zoomed in .
I just thought that this was an interesting shot of granite with lichen.
One last thing. It was absolutly gorgeous here in CT all the while we were away. Guess what it's doing now..........RAINING and it is predicted for the whole week. I know that it sounds trivial to complain after all the tragic weather disasters that have been going on all around the country. So I won't!
These lobster ropes and buoys were on a dock in Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. It was a lovely spot with beautiful scenery.
These next few shots are from Bar Harbor, Maine, the only day with some sunshine and fairly warm temps.
This sea gull in the park in the harbor at Bar Harbor was so cooperative about posing for pictures. I was able to get closer and closer and of course, I zoomed in .
I just thought that this was an interesting shot of granite with lichen.
3 comments:
Norma, I loved your pictures--sorry the cruise was less than perfect. Hoping you'll see sunny skies soon.
I was wondering where you'd wandered off to again. We did HA to Alaska and loved the ship. It was our first cruise so hadnothing to compare it to as you do. I would also prefer a smaller ship but thought the crew were great. Your pics are very good.
Norma, Thank you for stopping by my blog. Yes, the yellow study was quite interesting. I had done color studies before, but not focused on one particular color. Fortunately, the color classes I had taken before helped with this one. The pictures from your cruise are wonderful! I've never been on a cruise, but some day.....
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