Review - The Sixth Man

The Sixth Man by David Baldacci

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This was one of the better books I've read lately. The plot moved quickly and left you guessing as to what was going to happen next (for the most part).



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Alaska Cruise - Day 8

Our last day, coming off a wonderful vacation to be followed by a tour of Seattle.

Pier 91. Rhapsody in dock and being provisioned for the next sailing. Wish we were on it!

Space Needle

Views from the Space Needle

DeeAnn and Shane, one of DeeAnn's first students.

Everything on the trip was going well until we were ready to leave Seattle. The bus driver didn't really know how to work the wheelchair lift (she said it was the wonkiest lift in their fleet--makes sense to send that bus when they know they have a wheelchair to load). But the driver didn't really know what she was doing and took about 15 minutes to finally get the lift stowed after we had visited Pikes market. We even showed up 10 minutes early so that we wouldn't delay everyone. it was one of the passengers that had to help and get it fixed.

Once we got home we discovered our car would not start. Airport Security was nice enough to help us get it started. they discovered our battery and cables were very corroded and suggested we go to AutoZone to get a replacement. Course, the first Autozone we found (thank goodness for GPS) could barely speak English and had a hard time understanding what we needed. So we drove to a Sears. Once the battery and cables were replaced we were on our way. And we got to avoid rush hour traffic.

The pets were glad to see us and it was good to be back home after a wonderful vacation.

Alaska Cruise - Day 7

Day 7 of our cruise was spent in Victoria, BC. It's a beautiful city as can see from these pictures.

Victoria from the dock. Those are apartments and I'm sure command a nice price for a view of the water. Victoria is a very large island where prices for homes drop considerably as you go north or go farther from the water.

Harbor at Victoria.

Totem poles at the Museum. Some day I'll make it to the museum.

Ahh, the memories of the Inn at Laurel Point. This was where we stayed three years ago when we visited and enjoyed it very much. This was my 5th visit to Victoria, DeeAnn's 2nd.

Street scenes of Victoria.

We started our tour at the sunken gardens, our favorite spot of the garden. Lesson Learned: If you have limited time, spend your time here. There may not be roses and water lilies but you will see nearly everything else the garden has right here.

Indoor terrarium at the gardens.

Ross Fountain.

Water features and lawns.

Flowers throughout the gardens.

Tree roots. Amazing they can hold these massive trees up.

Beautiful display of trees and the varieties they bring.


Garden paths. Fun to compare this picture with the one we took three years ago. I see the Ivy has grown up the wall considerably since then.

Approaching the gift shops, still manicured and beautiful displays.

More beautiful displays.

We asked our van driver to drop us off downtown. After a nice lunch at a local pub, we took the 20 minute walk along the waterfront to return back to the ship. Here are some of the homes we saw along the way.

Cranberry yogurt.

Beef Burgogne

Ricotta and spinach stuffed shells

Orange and Chocolate pie.

Our table companions, Linda and Terry.

Leonard, waiter and Eddie, assistant waiter. Both from the Philippines.

DeeAnn being escorted out of the dining room. Leonard was very nice to do this each evening, if he was available.