Well, thanks to everyone for their extremely useful input. The show is over and I have just returned home. Internet was sparse and expensive for th etrip, so I didn't really use it at all, hence this catch all post-event post.
Anchorage Rocked - and a great thank you to Swissy (Jim) for all the extra help, despite your tight schedule and it was great Herfing with both Jim and Brett (Peterscreek). Definitely jealous of your house, deck and veiw there Brett <grin>. Dinner was awesome too. Another thnaks for the insider info on the area - Seward was excellent. Matt, sorry we didn't get to hook up - but that's anouther excuse to make it back in th earea for another Herf!
Vancouver rocked, although we were so beat from the long cruise and too many shore stops that we didn't get to do too much. My mother's back was acting up, so we played it low-key and relaxed. Stanley park was great - made it there all three days, Queen Elizabeth park was georgeous too. Diodn't get to see too much downtown, drove through Chintown and Gastown. Made a stop by Yaletown to find Seadub's recommended Cigar Shop - it was nice, but is leaving the location. Lease is expired and owner won't renew, so they had a bit of a sale (which I used as an excuse to shop a bit <grin>) and said that their mail-order would remain while they found a new location. Thanks to xRanger and AVB for the insights as well, wish I could have made it to the bridge - but no joy. Need to go back with a car and more time, but now there's another excuse to return.
All-in-all the vacation was beyond phenomenal and exactly what I needed. First real vacation in years. I'll be posting some of my 3000+ pictures once I get them reduced and cleaned up a bit.
V/R
-K-
