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Day 1 Vancouver to Alaska Cruise on the Norwegian Sun

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I am starting to write this post the evening of the first sea day on the Norwegian Sun on June 20 2025. We left Vancouver yesterday at 5pm and have been sailing all day today.  I only have 150 minutes of free wifi so I am being careful on how much I am using. I don’t want to upgrade the    cost is reasonable but I am enjoying being forced not to scroll on my phone. YouTube videos will be posted in the future when I have data. Sorry for the lack of editing on this post, I am posting from the ship after a full day and trying to conserve wifi and the sea has been rough today.  The days have already been full. I had a full day in Vancouver before the cruise. My friend from Edmonton flew on the next day. We both dont think it was enough time. If I do another cruise I would add 2 or 3 days in the port. We had the latest check in time we could get between 1:30 and 2:00 this worked out really well for us because we didn’t have to wait in lines. We were planning to take skytr...

2025 Contest Prize Wins updated May 2025

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Last year I started keeping track of the prizes I won. You can read that post here  2024 Contest Prize Wins . It is a great post to have for memories so I’m going to start a new post for 2025. My latest prize is definitely the biggest so far. It was a 4 part prize from Stoked Oats, Nuts for Cheese, Graza, and Queen Street Bakery. Every time I received a package I was surprised at how good it was.  Nuts for Cheese was the first box to arrive. I love a fermented cashew cheese so Nuts for Cheese was already one of my favourite vegan cheese brands. I got a box with a few wedges and the new dips. Dill Pickle flavour yes all of these items were eaten within a few days. I really like the new packaging on the wedges as well now it’s much easier to open and store now.  Next to arrive was olive oil from Graza. I am a huge fan of high quality olive oil and before receiving this prize I had bought a few bottles of early harvest olive oil from a local business. I was thinking this oil...