This is the view I woke up to the first morning on the ship (I say morning, but really I had no idea what time it was - my phone said 5pm, and I totally believed it until the loudspeaker announced something happening at 9am and I assumed that meant I hadn't really slept the day away):
That's right, fog. Fog like pea soup. I began to wonder if we would see any other sunsets in Alaska. But no worries, we were just in the open water, on our way to a glacier, so not much to see anyway. And it gave us time to find fun on the boat - Bubba and Papa decided to hit the hot tub!
And wonder of wonders, guess what cleared up right before we got to the glacier!
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| Bye bye fog! |
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| Hello glacier! |
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| A "close up" |
The captain took us as close to the glacier as he thought safe, which was still a couple miles away - the water was full of glacial ice chunks.
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| Ice chunks in the shade |
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| Ice chunks in the sun |
We weren't allowed to throw anything off the balcony, but someone thought it would be fun to toss an ice cube into the sea of ice, wonder who that could be?...
I loved the hills reflecting in the ice field:
Sitting back, feet up on the rails, breathtaking views, my kinda vacation!
And as soon as we left the glacier - back we went into the fog!
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| Apparently birds like to congregate on icebergs |
And now, a story. On the first family cruise we went on, out of LA to Mexico, my friend and I shared a room and were freaked out when we came back to our room to find towels wrapped up and hanging from the ceiling looking (to us) like a dead chicken. Ok, so supposedly it was a monkey. Whatever, but if you don't know, one of the things they do on cruises is crazy towel origami. I guess the room attendants have to have some fun... They even had a display case of them on this boat. I purposefully left the "do not disturb" sign out so I wouldn't get one the first night. I don't like being waited upon, or creepy towel animals.
But I was bummed when I saw the animal Bubba got in her room - it's a moose! So cute!! Alaska style. :)
So the next night, I let them do my room, hoping to get a moose - more on that later...
And now, a story. On the first family cruise we went on, out of LA to Mexico, my friend and I shared a room and were freaked out when we came back to our room to find towels wrapped up and hanging from the ceiling looking (to us) like a dead chicken. Ok, so supposedly it was a monkey. Whatever, but if you don't know, one of the things they do on cruises is crazy towel origami. I guess the room attendants have to have some fun... They even had a display case of them on this boat. I purposefully left the "do not disturb" sign out so I wouldn't get one the first night. I don't like being waited upon, or creepy towel animals.
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