Our 3 Days in British Columbia

We visited my friend Suzy for 3 days in Merritt British Columbia. Thank you Suzy for your wonderful hospitality. The land is so beautiful! Suzy has new accommodations in Assisted Living and that is where Tom and I spent our nights. I will be doing a blog about the Assisted Living Center where she resides. Let me know if you are interested in seeing this blog.

Cruise is Over

We arrived in Vancouver quite early in the morning. The pic shows the cruise ship docked in Vancouver. We are visiting Suzy Ireland for a few days while the rest of our group are touring Vancouver.
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Food, Food, and More Food

I have not talked too much about the food, but be assured that the food was delicious! We had an option of dining in the International Dining Room or to go to the buffet. Tom and I went had all our dinners at the International Dining Room and we usually went to the buffet for breakfast and lunch. We had options of fish, seafood, pork, beef, poultry, or vegetarian with every dinner. We mad a selection for an appetizer, soup/salad, entreen and desert. My favorite was creme brulee but pictured is a Baked Alaska featured at our last dinner.
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Culinary Show

Friday - We have seen many shows on board: song and dance, comedians, line dancing, gambling, but this morning we are watching a Culinary show starring the ship's Executive Chef Raggie Salfanha and the Maitre D'Hotel Silvio Zampieri. They prepared salmon and a black forest cake during the show. We also toured the galley. A few food facts on board as an average per day: 1,400 fish, 1,000 lbs poultry, 400 lb shrimp, 1,500 lbs beef, 1,200 lbs pork products, 300 lbs veal, 200 lbs lamb, 1,200 lbs flour, 100 gallons ice cream, 400 lbs butter, 6,000 lbs fresh fruits, 32,250 lbs vegetables, 2,300 lbs potatoes, 60 gallons coffee, 50 gallons coffee cream, and 300 lbs sugar. They serve 1,600 salads, 1,500 sandwiches, 400 lbs pasta, 550 gallons soup, 6,000 assorted pastries, 300 cakes and pies. There are almost 3,000 passengers and there are 1,100 staff serving us. 515 staff are in the kitchen or are waiting on tables.

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Lumberjack Show in Ketchikan

We attended a Lumberjack competition in Ketchikan. There was competition chopping logs in various ways, sawing logs by hand and by chain saw, rolling logs, running up logs, hoisting logs, rolling on logs, and climbing logs. It was staged but it had typical logging activities.
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Bight Park - The Clan House

We listened to some lore and other mythological stories about how the totem poles came to be. It was clear that bodies were cremated and left in a compartment at the back of the totem pole. Pictured are the inside and outside of the Clan House where we heard the story of DuckTooth.
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Bight Park in Ketchikan

We are in Ketchikan and are visiting Bight Park the site of many old totem poles.
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