Kicking off the sea mail from BEAR.

Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful day in San Francisco. The Navigator arrived yesterday morning in fog and rain, but the skies cleared shortly after our plane landed at 7:30 in the morning. Brad and I took a cab to our friends' home for some caffeine to wake us up and then took a nice walk from their house, through a bit of Golden Gate Park, to the de Young Museum to see the Birth of Impressionism exhibit on loan from Paris' Musee d'Orsay.

We boarded the ship with our friends in tow as visitors around 2:00 and headed up to La Verandah where Arlene, her mom, Gemma (from ROAR2), Ngaire, Ken, Pat & Ray were having lunch. Our friends and Gemma wished they were coming along, but had to disembark before the life boat drill.

The whole B&K group convened later in the Galileo Lounge for sailaway cocktails as we left San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge behind around 7 PM last night, later than scheduled but great timing for photos.

Sea day today as we cruise up the California and Oregon coast. Pooch games officially began this morning with a 2nd round going on as I type.

A few sailaway shots:


San Francisco skyline


Alcatraz


Golden Gate Bridge


Ngaire, Arlene and Pat


photo snapping passengers on deck