[relee]

It only takes a week or ten days to travel by ship from Hawaii to Vancouver and sailing was probable cheaper than flying back in 1961. The probably allowed infants aboard too.

[aruanan]

It only takes a week or ten days to travel by ship from Hawaii to Vancouver and sailing was probable cheaper than flying back in 1961. The probably allowed infants aboard too.

By 1961, except for ferries, people in the U.S. were not using ships as a means of transportation. Flying was cheaper and faster, even then in the olden days of 1961.

[Myrddin]

It only takes a week or ten days to travel by ship from Hawaii to Vancouver and sailing was probable cheaper than flying back in 1961. The probably allowed infants aboard too.

My first trip to Hawaii was on a Navy ship after a long train ride from San Diego to San Francisco. I had my 5th birthday on the trip in 1961. The return to San Diego in the summer of 1963 was via a 707 jet. In 1961 it was cheaper for the Navy to send a bunch of families on an LST vs flying. The trip was about 1 week.