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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. I am back now and have a YouTube Alaska Cruise  playlist here Alaska Cruise YouTube Playlist 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 wor...

2025 Contest Prize wins updated July 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. Updated July 2025 I have won a few prizes this month from the contests  @yourcouponingsis  posts on Instagram. The first to arrive is a FIFA Club World Cup jersey from Michelob Ultra. It is a very good quality soft jersey. I don’t own any other jerseys and I knew this was expensive but when I looked up the value I was surprised that it is worth $150. There were a variety of prizes in this contest there may still be a chance to win more but there was only 100 jerseys so this a nice exclusive prize.  value of prize $150 Total value of prizes 2025 $830 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...