Saturday, June 11, 2011.

Friday we took Greta to the Animal House Kennel outside of Bozeman, Montana to stay while we go on our cruise to the Inside Passage to Alaska with John and Julie Campbell.They have lots of dogs and Greta was excited. She will get spayed when we return on the following Wednesday. We left Bozeman Airport very early Saturday morning before the sun even rose to fly to Salt Lake City and then to Vancouver. In Vancouver we board the Princess ship the Diamond.
We have a room with a balcony. A bit smaller than the mini suite we had on our cruise to the Holy Land. John and Julie have a suite with their own butler, all the fresh fruit, h'ordeurves, sodas, beer and anything inside their mini refrigerator. They also receive free laundry service. that is a great plus! I'm going to wait until we return to the RV for our laundry. It is rather cool outside which is fine for us because we can then wear our jeans.
Vancouver has a population of 80,000 and is the third largest city behind Toronto and Montreal. The gas is 1.37/ liter. From Vancouver to Alaska is the largest run of granite in the world. The Frasier River is very important for salmon and herring and logging. All of the casinos in Canada are government owned. Vancouver is 45 miles from the US border. Their McDonalds and Denny's have a maple leaf logo in their signs to signify it is Canadian. Vancouver was founded in 1886, had it's first electric street cars in 1909. There are no electric buses and no freeways in Vancouver. The main street is separated by a grass median in which is planted every tree and shrub that grow in the aa. it is sort of a national garden but in the street instead of in a plot.