Back from Canada, Eh?

So the Canadian cruise was very foggy. Like can't see 50 feet past the ship foggy. It was like in King Kong when they are approaching Skull Island. But Canada is a lot friendlier than skull island. We took the strangest brewery tour for Alexander Keith's brewery. It felt like a brewery tour in Disney World. They had actors in costume taking us through elaborate sets and showed us a video with really high production values. They also took us down into the basement tavern and made us dance and sing songs with them as we all enjoyed mister Alexander Keith's fine ale. Proper thing. Then we played old timey games before being lead through a tunnel into the gift shop. It was strange but really fun.
We also took a jet boat ride through the rapids at the reversing falls in New Brunswick. It is a natural wonder where the direction of the waterfall changes during the day. It is very odd. Water should move that way. It is because of the mouth of the Bay of Fundy is very narrow and the river has a hard time equaling out with the tide changes. So the water acts crazy. And we took a jet boat ride driving by a crazy man through it all. It was tons of fun. It was a good time over all. Cruising is the the way to go with a big group like ours. It was so relaxing now its time to get back to the grind.

New York New York

OK Ok. Time for the vacation low-down. Boston was great. Rode the T (subway) all over town, walked the freedom trail and took a DUCW tour. A DUCW is a WWII vehicle that can both drive around on land like a big bus then dive right into the water and tear around like a boat. It is super cool, you may have seen them up in Wisconsin Dells. We had a crazy driver, Friendly Frank, who told us all sorts of strange stories and facts about Boston. Like how Boston can fit into New York's central park which is crazy but now that I've seen central park I believe it. Wow, is it huge and beautiful. We are staying at this super posh hotel on the south end of the park. Well it is actually the New York Athletic Club, my Aunt has a friend who hooked us up with the sweet rooms. The hotel is supa nice but you need to have a suit jacket on when walking around the lobby otherwise you need to go in the back door, they are just a bit uptight. Seems like a lot of places in NYC are that way, really uptight, but it is kind of expected. Still had a great time though. We went to the really cool Apple store, did the NBC tour, ate street vendor food, went to the MOMA and did other touristy things. Tomorrow we get on the ship and head up to Canada, I can't wait. I may update once more before coming home but until then enjoy these pics of yours truly.



The new Apple store, serving it up Apple style 24/7.


Salvador Dali's Illumined Pleasures at the MOMA.