On Friday, Oct. 15, I went to the Willamette Bluffs in Northwest Portland to see the Ruby Princess. A cacher had found my Earthcache letting me know that a cruise ship was docked below.
Later in the day two cruise ships were dry-docked in Portland at the same time, the first time anyone can remember this happening at Vigor Shipyards.
Norwegian Cruise Line's "Pride of America" sailed under the St. Johns Bridge and pulled up alongside a larger ship, Princess Cruises' "Ruby Princess" Friday evening.
Ruby Princess left about 3:00am Saturday morning. At 951 feet long, it was the largest ship ever at the Vigor Shipyard. It holds more than 3,000 passengers.
Vigor Shipyard boasts the largest dry dock in the U.S. It is 960 feet long, just nine feet longer than the cruise ship it was working on.
I had planned to watch the cruise ship sail the Columbia River but when I checked at 4:00am the Ruby Princess was already passing Ridgefield.
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