Day 21
Cruise Day 17ish
Up at 06:30 for coffee and shower. I walked the top deck one last time while Kelly got ready. We left the ship at 08:30 and once off we grabbed a cab to the National Express Bus Terminal. Both Janet and David were also on our bus and we enjoyed the drive. Our 9:45 bus was a few minutes late departing but we learned that Terminal 5 would be the first airport stop so easy peazy for us
We were dropped at British Airways massive terminal complex and checked with the agent but,as our flight didn't depart until 17:15 we had lots of time to kill. Not enough for a trip into town though :-)
Once we received our boarding passes we headed through security, down the elevator to the train and finally to the gate. It was running 15 late but we didn't care at this point. A 9 hour flt to Vancouver and as I turned on my cell phone, a message arrive from the airline informing us that our bags (along with many others) did not make the flight. This was actually a good thing as we quickly got organized after clearing customs with the baggage people and bolted for the 20:00 flight to Victoria. (If we had our bags we would have had to wait until 22:30 to catch the next plane!
We made it and after a short 15 minute flight we arrived at CYYJ (Victoria Airport) Kris picked us up and we walked in our door at 20:40. So if you do the math we were 22 hours and ten minutes from alarm to our walking in the house.
It was great to visit these places and scout out possible return venues. Best of all was the great people we got to meet and know over the course of the trip. We did manage to say goodbye to everyone and look forward to our next adventure.
Hope you all enjoyed the blog.
Dave & Kelly
