Shadowmeboy's NCL Sun 12-Night Christmas New Years Caribbean Cruise Adventure

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Once checked in, we headed to our gate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the gate!

 

 

Someone is tired.

 

 

 

 

Time to board Alaska Flight 351!

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Time to pushback!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time to takeoff!

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Turning onto the runway

 

 

 

 

We are taking off from Dulles runway 30

 

 

 

 

Here we go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodbye Washington DC

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

My dinner on the flight home.

 

 

Susan got the burger as well.

 

 

around 9 pm PST we got near Spokane, WA

 

 

Spokane through the freezing fog

 

 

Great views!

 

 

Monroe, WA

 

 

 

Bothell/Everett area

 

 

The really bright spot top middle is Snohomish County's Paine Field. This is where Boeing has one of it largest assembly plants located. 777 is built there.

 

 

I5 and I405 interchange

 

 

You can see the main runway for Paine Field really good in this shot.

 

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Shoreline/N Seattle

 

 

 

 

Ballard/Green Lake/Woodland Park Zoo (all dark)

 

 

Ballard/Lake Washington Ship Canal

 

 

 

 

Freemont/*****

 

 

Lake Union/Queen Anne Hill

 

 

 

Pier 91

 

 

Downtown Seattle

 

 

 

Downtown/Waterfront

 

 

Seahawks Stadium

 

 

<--Mariners Seahawks---->

 

 

SODO

 

 

 

 

 

 

On final approach!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome back to Seattle!

[shadowmeboy]

 

We took the zig zag taxi way to the gate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrived out in N Gates.

 

 

Next door gate

 

 

Yippee! 

 

 

 

Down to the tram to go to Baggage Claim

 

 

 

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In the van to pick up our car

 

 

All loaded up

 

 

Off to the Hotel - Its 10pm PST so our bodies say it 1am

 

 

Best Western in Renton

 

 

 

Hi bed!

[shadowmeboy]

January 3rd, 2024

 

Drive Home day

 

Renton, WA

 

 

Heading down to drop a couple things in the car and get breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All packed up!

 

 

Lets get going!

[shadowmeboy]

 

On our way!

 

 

Had to make a quick stop

 

 

 

 

Peek a boo! I see you!

 

 

Gas at Costco in Issaquah to make it over the pass.

 

 

 

Interstate 90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the worst the snow got.

 

 

Wendy's Stop in Cle Elum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Milwaukee Road RR bridge near Ellensburg now a trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George, WA

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Rock Island Dam

 

 

We stopped for Dinner at Red Robin

 

 

We had to stop in Wenatchee to get food. As we emptied our fridge prior to leaving. Plus 3 Guinea Pigs are noisy when they don't get fed.

 

 

Let's get home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lights of our town!

 

 

 

 

Finally home! Still no snow!

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

Miss Abby

 

 

Miss Delilah

 

 

Miss Winfred

 

All three were happy to see us!

 

 

Here is our collection of souvenirs!

 

I am glad you chose to come along on this journey with us! 

[shadowmeboy]

Finally done with this one!

 

I will post a link to the next one (Bliss Pacific Coastal) here as soon as I get it going. I am finishing up a few things on that one still. 

 

Thanks for being patient!

 

Matthew

[rjm11]

thank you for the review! I always enjoy them- Stuck home on this holiday week with Covid so reading these is my outlet this week!

[shadowmeboy]

3 hours ago, rjm11 said:

thank you for the review! I always enjoy them- Stuck home on this holiday week with Covid so reading these is my outlet this week!

that sucks. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

[SenatorsFan]

Thanks for taking us along again! I look forward to the next one.👏

[AKR2011]

Thanks for another great trip report!  I'm looking forward to following your next one soon ❤️⚓️