Fall Cruise to Quebec City; Sept-Oct 2012

September/October 2012:

When we returned to Port Angeles in September, we spent another night and then drove to Vancouver, WA.  We were invited to stay in Tom & Sue’s driveway (full hook-up) for a couple weeks to help out after Sue’s reconstructive surgery after her breast cancer.  While we were at Tom & Sue’s (Pat & Susan were also there to help) almost everybody caught some kind of 24 hour bug.  We weren’t much help when we were spending most of the time in bed trying not to infect the healthy one’s among us.

One reason we were invited to Tom & Sue’s was to store our RV while Molly & I flew to New York for our 10-day Fall Cruise to Quebec City and return.

10-Day Fall Cruise to Quebec City from New York

Central Park

We left on that trip September 28 by flying from Seattle to New York.  We spent a few days in down town Manhatten where we walked to a Broadway play “Good Work If You Can Get It” with Matthew Broaderick.  We also took a bus to Central Park where we walked around and found several letterboxes.

Good Bye New York

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
Nova Scotia

Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City

We boarded the Norwegian Gem on Sept. 30 and headed down the Hudson River past the New York skyline, Ellis Island, and the Statue of Liberty.  Rather than bore you with the details of the trip, let us just include the destinations along the way.  Our first stop was Halifax, Nova Scotia where we visited Peggy’s Cove, then on up the St. Lawrence Seaway, marveling at the fall colors, to Quebec City.  We took two shore excursions during the two days there.  One was to St. Ann’s Canyon to see waterfalls and over to an adjacent island to a winery, and the other excursion was a city tour of Quebec City which included a horse-drawn carriage ride.  The city was magnificent! 

Norwegian Gem in Corner Brook Newfoundland
from Capt Cook Memorial

Scottish Highland Village
Nova Scotia

Then is was off to Corner Brook in Newfoundland where we took another city tour that included Captain Cook’s Memorial over-looking the city.  Another day at sea brought us back to Nova Scotia at Sydney.  There we took a bus tour to the old Scottish Highland Village.  After another day at sea, we arrived back in New York and flew home to Seattle and drove back to Vancouver.

The next day we drove the RV to Salem, where Molly and sister JoAnn headed off for a three-day quilting retreat in the Cascades….I rested!!!  When she got back, we packed up the RV and headed back to Mesa, Arizona to warmer weather.