Our ferry leaving Haida Gwaii yesterday. You can see the ferry dock in Skidegate on the right.
At the high end restaurant when we went to pay on our credit card the tip read:
1 - 10%
2 - 15%
3 - 18%
Since COVID we've always tipped at least 20%. I've never seen a 10% tip on a credit card payment device in Vancouver!
I've seen this on airplanes and I guess I should have expected it on a B C Ferry:
We arrived in Prince Rupert early! Seas were calm and we saw two whales just outside of the Prince Rupert harbour. We also saw some porpoises and Cec said they would be after fish. Too bad his rod was on the car deck!
This is the view from our hotel in Prince Rupert. B C Ferry Vacations put us in The Crest Hotel. It's right on the water and the view is gorgeous. It also has windows that open so we've got fresh sea air coming into the room.
We just got the news the Province of B C is introducing vaccine passports. I am pleased and relieved. I have two people in my life who won't get vaccinated. I sent this text to one of them and it hasn't made a difference so far. I thought it was very well written:
You are not vaccinated, I respect your choice, (provided you don't invade my space and adversely impact me or persons important to me);
I am vaccinated, respect my choice ...
I'm vaccinated, not to please the government but:
* To not die from Covid-19.
* To NOT clutter a hospital bed if I get sick.
* To hug my loved ones, and friends (vaccinated).
* To Not have to do PCR or antigenic tests to go to a dance, go to a restaurant, go on vacation and many more things to come ...
* To live my life.
* For Covid-19 to be an old memory.
* To protect us.
On the other hand, no, I don't know what's in it - neither in this vaccine, the ones I had as a child, nor in the Big Mac, or in hot dogs, or in other treatments, whether it's for cancer, AIDS, the one for polyarthritis, vaccines for infants or children.
I also don't know what's in Ibuprofen, Tylenol, or other meds, it just cures my headaches, my pains ...
I don't know what's in the ink for tattoos
In short ...
There's a lot of things I don't know.
I just know one thing: life is short, very short, so I still want to do something other than just going to work every day or staying cloistered at home. I still want to travel and hug people without fear, find a little feeling of life "before".
As a child and as an adult I've been vaccinated for mumps, measles, rubella, polio, chicken pox, and a few others; my parents and I trusted the science and never had to suffer through or transmit any of said diseases ... just saying.
We all have our reasons.
