Woke up this morning after a more lively ride after we left the shelter of the inside passage and crossed the open waters of the Gulf of Alaska.
Our balcony windows were dripping with water, so we assumed it was raining yet again, but it turned out to be spray. After breakfast we headed up to deck 10 for the walking track and got a mile walk in. We then headed back inside for a presentation by the Executive Chef, followed by a tour of the galley.
Next we checked out the disembarkation procedures for tomorrow, at first we were shocked to see that we had to vacate our cabin by 08:00, on further reading we discovered that we had to meet with the rest of out disembarkation group at 07:35!! I guess all good things must come to an end!
As the day wore on the weather continued to improve, and we had bright sun and clear blue skies. We are now north of 60N and the sunset is at 23:20 with sun rise at 04:15. As we head further north towards Fairbanks and approach the longest day on June 21 we should see sunset occur after midnight.
After lunch we walked another mile, unfortunately the calories burned in one mile comes nowhere near the calories gained in one (any) meal. Hopefully, once we are away from the ship we should start eating a little healthier again.
College Fjord at Night
College Fjord
Although the weather hasn’t been the best, it hasn’t ruined any of our plans. The day of the worst weather was in Juneau, where we had nothing planned anyway. We saw some whales, and other sea life, a number of eagles and some calving glaciers, so all in all we were quite happy with the cruise. Tonight we even got to sit on our balcony and drink our G&T!
Time now for the “last supper” we have been lucky, sitting with a good group of people which has led to some interesting mealtime discussions…. we may even have been persuaded to consider Australia for a future trip!
Hopefully after today the internet will become less of a rarity.