Our first 3 Days before the cruise...

Hello family and friends...
To celebrate our 20th Anniversary in 2008, we booked a cruise to ALASKA and decided to leave a week early so we could visit family and see a little of Seattle. On Tue-June 10, 2008, we flew from KC to Portland, Oregon to visit Kyle's sister Annette and her family for a couple of days before meeting our ship in Seattle. We had a great time! We had a couple days to visit at their home in Portland and then drove to Seattle to spend a day with them seeing Seattle sights. Went to Ivar's on Pier 54 and climbed (or rode the elevator) to the top of the Space Needle, visited the Museum of Flight, saw lots of fish, produce and awesome food at Pike Place Market and ate breakfast at Lowell's. We visited the original Starbucks and also had some Seattle's Best coffee. Fri-June 13, Annette & Ambrose drove us to Pier 30 in Seattle and we boarded our ship, Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas. This would be our 7th voyage with Royal Caribbean, but a new ship and new adventure to "the last frontier" of ALASKA.