On the way to brekkie this morning we found another cruise ship moored, more on Mickey later….

Onto the hop on / hop off bus, much quieter today, with an excellent guide. First stop Granville Island, a favourite when previously visiting.

Most of the craft shops were still closed, but the markets were extremely colourful with fruit piled high.

So we decided to use our false creek ferry tickets, and head upstream, as the wind was too strong for the Maritime Museum line. These little boats only carry about 10 passengers, but offer a number of stops along each route , first for us was the end of the line, Village (Science World)

As Science World looked full of excitable kids it was back to Yaletown for a browse with a coffee and pastry lunch. By the time we caught the next ferry the wind had dropped enough for the Maritime Museum run to commence. Even better news was that as it’s Victoria Day today, entry was free.

Perhaps the most interesting display was of the ship St. Roch. Built for the Royal Canadian Mountain Police in 1928. It was a patrol and supply ship in the Western Artic, and operated more than 20 years. In 1940 it was sent to establish Canadian sovereignty in the Artic. The trip from Vancouver to Halifax took 8 months, spending 2 winters frozen in ice.

Finally the last word must go to Mickey…..we missed the amazing, all should attend, SAIL-A-WA party onboard. The average age must have been 70 plus, I hope they weren’t too energetic…….I think this is my vision of hell, going cruising…..tomorrow it’s the Rocky Mountainer, I hope we don’t have a depart-a-station party, probably not at 6.30am !