With the new freedom from my voluntary work in the Isle of Man (don't ask!), in November 2019 I decided I would like to go to visit my Canadian cousins.
At the same time, I thought it would be good to visit the capital of Alaska, Juneau, and travel on the Rocky Mountaineer railway so I booked the holiday through my friend, Alison, who at the time worked at Hays Travel in Swanage and the date was set for the 4th May, 2020...
Of course, Covid-19 put a stop to that for two years!
BUT!
It has finally come round and I write this first article in the Hilton Garden Hotel at Heathrow Terminal 2 the night before my flight to Vancouver.
I had started to write a daily-entry but that soon got forgotten with so many things to do and see on the cruise then the early starts/late finishes on the Rocky Mountaineer and the unstructured end of the tip that I changed it to describe the various stages of the trip:
The pre-trip and getting to Canada
Time with Canadian Relations reunion
As I create/update this description, not all sections have been written yet and none of the 2000+ photographs are on show but they will be soon.