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last night to watch the ocean
30 Thursday May 2013
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Diary Day 7
30 Thursday May 2013
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got up around 8:30 and went to the solarium to watch the water and have a bite to eat… Cyndi found me and proceeded to spot a group of dolphins off the side of he ship and a whale… she has very good eyes…
we went and put a deposit on another cruise, which you can do without choosing a time or destination… we are thinking of the Caribbean down the road… I have to find a buddy to go with me…
headed back to the room to sleep as I woke up feeling like I had run into a wall… think it was the exertion of preparing and participating in the snorkelling… to explain how bad it was, I took drugs in an attempt to feel better…
slept for quite a while and then we went for lunch where Ron spotted one or two whales out the window… they were breaching but my camera was having trouble focusing so I didn’t get a picture…
went to look at all the pictures taken of us and spent ages choosing the ten we liked best…
had a lovely time in the hot tub and relaxing in the solarium…
packed up the suitcases and after supper in the Windjammer went to sit by the windows and have a last glass of wine…
I nearly know how to get everywhere and we get off the ship tomorrow morning, sigh…
From the gangplank…
30 Thursday May 2013
Diary Day 6
30 Thursday May 2013
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woke up at 3 and went on deck to see stars… weren’t any as the sky was filled with clouds… back to bed till 6:30…
today we are in Ketchikan for our last stop on the cruise… the picture shows the overcast as we embarked from the ship in the morning… by the time we were back on board the sum was shining again…
had an early breakfast and put on swim suits for our excursion – snorkelling with Snorkel Alaska…
had a great time, hardest part was getting into the wetsuit, boots and gloves… swam through a kelp forest, saw star fish (lots of them were purple and most of the others were orange), sea urchins and schools of fish – maybe 4 or 5 kinds… the guides were great and gave excellent instruction… I wasn’t cold for even a minute which was fabulous…
back to the ship to drop off our stuff, lunch and into town for some final shopping… had a snack of Alaska King Crab and checked out a few stores, then back to the ship…
followed a well-deserved nap with a bit of time in the hot tub… my arms are especially sore from the snorkelling as I was holding onto a float the whole time, lol…
got dressed and went to dinner… tonight we had steak and lobster…
another presentation of the arial act we saw a few nights ago and now in my room ready for bed… been a long day…
looking forward to the day on the ship tomorrow as we head toward Seattle, our final destination…
Diary Day 5
29 Wednesday May 2013
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set my alarm for 4:45 am and headed out on deck to watch as we entered Tracy Fiord and watched for icebergs…
quite a few people out and about but it was too early for the runners… the water filled with many little pieces of snow and ice as we got closer…
saw an amazing glacier where we did a 360 so everyone had a chance to see it… most people I have seen on the decks at once… the weather has been spectacular and the crew mention it often… sunny and warm when it is usually overcast and cool… most had never seen the glacier in sunlight and everyone keeps reminding us how special this trip has been…
had breakfast and the went on a tour of the galley with the procurement chef… his job is to ensure they have the right amount of food for every meal on the cruise (which is planned three months before) and to oversee its preparation… there are two very large galleys plus one for each of the dining rooms as well as for the crew… quite a system they go through to get the food out onto the table… great fun… I also received an autographed cookbook…
the kids had gone to a Make a Miracle walk to benefit kids with serious medical conditions…
when I was done I went and joined them for a half mile of the walk around the top deck… we got some great pictures and headed to lunch… For dessert we had a gorgeous chocolate cake with raspberries in it… yum…
napped and headed to bingo, where sadly we didn’t win a cruise, but one woman did:-)…
got dressed up for the formal dinner and took some pictures on deck before the meal…
there are photographers all over the ship taking pictures, but so far we haven’t found any that we really need to purchase..
the service is quite amazing… if you mention something that wasn’t quite right to a staff member the next person up the food chain is beside you within five minutes seeing what they can do to make it right… nearly everyone has a smile on their face and pleasant greetings… we missed one night at dinner and the next night both our wait person and their helper were telling us how they had missed us, lol…
after dinner we saw a production of Piano Man and then I went for a foot massage and pedicure…
currently listening to Finish That Lyric and then off to bed…
beautiful day…
27 Monday May 2013
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In Skagway…
Diary Day 4
27 Monday May 2013
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got up fairly early and went on deck to get a few pictures of the port at Skagway… then headed back to the room to find that the kids had been looking for me so we could go for breakfast… apparently I was wearing my invisibility cloak as I sat reading, lol…
after breakfast we took a shuttle to town and did some shopping… tried on a beauuuutiful amethyst bracelet, but didn’t buy it…
back to the ship to catch a bus,to take us to the train, which took us to a little place where we heard about and watched a video about the Klondike days… then back on the bus for a two minute drive to the train station…
nice train ride up through the mountains where we caught a bus back to town and did some shopping…
back for a nap and then a lovely dinner and treated to a bottle of wine by our travel agent… followed by an arial show in the centre of the ship…
busy day…
Diary Day 3
27 Monday May 2013
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For some reason the time on the ship changed back an hour last night…
Cyndi and I got up very early and went on deck to watch for whales and see the sun rise amongst the mountains… gorgeous… and, we saw a whale… it was quite a ways off the side but she got a head and tail shot… then we went back to bed for a while…
had breakfast, sat in the solarium and got in a line waiting to head out into Juneau for gold panning, a salmon bake and shopping…
got on a little bus that took us out to a creek where we panned for gold… everyone found some… beautiful warm sun-shiny day, which is apparently not normal… then we headed to a salmon bake where we had salmon and baked beans, clam chowder, great hash brown casserole and fabulous lemonade… then to town to shop…
all shopped out and have a few lovely mementos of our visit to Juneau…
back on board for a nap and the dinner at Izumi (sushi), and we’ve finished off the night at a 70s dance party…
Having a blast…
25 Saturday May 2013
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but technology and I aren’t friends just now… maybe tomorrow😊…
on the water…
24 Friday May 2013
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been a crazy day… up and out by 6:30 am… drove 300 kilometres… waited for a ferry to Vancouver… rode across the strait… had an hour bus ride to the centre of Vancouver where we waited with thousands of others for two and a half hours… finally made it on board and have just passed Comox on our way north again, lol… Kind of a circle tour…
