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On the way to visit Tahku I looked in the overhead door's window to see what kind of apparatus that the Capital City Fire Department had . Sam an Engineer came out and offer to give us a quick tour This is probably the unit that Sam operates I spent most of my time on on of the smaller units and we we can switch to the others if the need arises . In Miami-Dade County about 85 % of the calls are for the small trucks . They have a nice station and equipment presumably from cruise revenue . They also respect their history and had a nice restoration in progress .
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Our new neighbor out back On our last visit here we landed on a couple of glaciers . On this trip the helicopters were full so we decided to do a walk and a food tour . The first stop was in this blue store for some fresh made Pelmeni . They took a while to make as they were made to order - but well worth it . We carried them across the street to sit here while we ate them and the fresh Rye bread .
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And with one last visitor we were off toward the ship . We had read on CC that it was easy to board the ship by sending our large suitcases ahead through the hotel which we did ( And it was ) . We were also told by CC and the hotel staff that boarding was easy ( we were in a Neptune suite ) . It wasn't . 3 ships were boarding including the brand new Discovery Princess and the RC Serenade OTS . Instead of being in separate buildings all 3 ships were in intertwining lines crisscrossing each other in different directions . When we asked where the suites lines were we were told to " Just get in line with everyone else " . We've never seen such apparent disorganization . After more than an hour we found the Suite , 4 and 5 star line and boarded .
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We decided because of our long day just to have some delivery from a local Vietnamese restaurant . After a restless sleep we were up at the 23rd floor buffet for breakfast before boarding the ship . We had just dodged a hurricane when we left PBI and were hoping for some cooler Fall weather in Vancouver . It was near record heat .
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Welcome to Vancouver We stayed at the Pan Pacific in Canada Place And saw the Koningsdam sail under the Lions Bridge . The view was very good but the smell of the Jet A fuel wasn't good reminding me of my Air Rescue days with the Fire Department . The brown window was the tub and you could see a silhouette on it when the bathroom light was on . The hard , black corners of the bed projected far out and were cover by the comforter . I nailed and cut both of my shins which I later needed to go to the ships doctor for treatment and medication - so be careful !
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O Canada ! Trip began at 3:30 am, TA ❤️ picked us up and took us to the airport for our 6:00m flight. Told to be at PBI 2 hours early. The airport opens at 4:15, counter opened at 4:45am. Flight took-off to Atl, fairly easy shuttle train experience and next flight to Toronto (Delta, booked through HAL), ArriveCan was a snap, no one was there except a gentleman to direct and assist you if needed. We flew to Toronto to have a domestic flight to Vancouver. In the past CBP Canada was a nightmare in Vancouver, before COVID. This proved to work well. The longest flight from Toronto to Vancouver had no "entertainment" on WestJet. We had been dreaming of these that we had bought at our local Publix . Flight Photos Lunch The Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver