Vancouver and Disembarkation

We docked in Vancouver at 6 AM and as we had chosen to self disembark, we were off the ship by 7:40 AM, picked up our vehicle and were on the 8:40 ferry at Horseshoe Bay bound for Nanaimo.  We arrived home about 12:45.
A few shots Bill took this morning as we came into port






 






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