The Cat Came Back
The Cat Came Back Book 1 in the 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series. The nine books in the 9 Lives series centre around Christy Jamieson. Christy is a regular girl who met her prince (Frank Jamieson) when she was 19 Read More …
Tag: 9 Lives
Alaska Cruise – Mendenhall Glacier
The Mendenhall Glacier is an ice tongue that flows out of the massive Juneau Icefield. It’s retreating, leaving behind it a melt lake that is also fed by Nugget Falls, which can be seen beside the glacier. Though it is Read More …
Alaska Cruise – Juneau
Our sole planned excursion in Juneau was to the Mendenhall Glacier. The driver of our bus provided a commentary on Juneau sites as he drove, then left us at the glacier to organize our own time there. We decided to Read More …
Alaska Cruise – Snow Pass
Snow Pass is up the coast from Ketchikan. Here the Inside Passage narrows and the tidewater produces an abundance of fish. The Island Princess had a naturalist on board and throughout the afternoon he was on the shipwide PA system, Read More …
Alaska Cruise – Ketchikan Images
Creek Street During the Klondike Gold Rush when the Alaska panhandle was flooded with gold seekers, houses of ill repute were endemic in the towns that sprang up. In Ketchikan, Creek Street was where they were located. The street got its Read More …
Alaska Cruise – Ketchikan
We docked in Ketchikan before I even woke up, somewhere around 6 am, I think. We didn’t have anything planned, so we had a leisurely breakfast, then went out into the town to see what was there. Ketchikan advertises itself Read More …
Alaska Cruise – At Sea
The departure day was not considered the first day of the cruise, according to all of the media references on the ship. Before I went to bed that night, I noticed bright lights on Vancouver Island, which I could see Read More …
Alaska Cruise – Images of Vancouver
The Convention Centre The ‘Sails’ was the original Vancouver Convention Centre, built for Expo ’86 and designed to look like the prow and sails of a large ship when viewed from the water. At one point there was a restaurant Read More …
Alaska Cruise – Departure from Vancouver
One of the best things about boarding the ship in Vancouver is the wonderful view of Vancouver harbour that you see while waiting for departure and then once you set sail. We had lovely weather that day. The gloom of Read More …
Researching 9 Lives – Parksville to Vancouver
We left Parksville under gray skies, but no rain. We arrived at the Duke Point terminal at 9:15 am. We’d made a reservation on the 10:15 ferry, which was a good thing, as it was no longer taking non-reserve passengers Read More …