This morning I woke up early, feeling good. We ate breakfast at the buffet and watched glaciers from the balcony of our room, and the others rooms, and the deck of the ship. The bay is mirror smooth and the rock cliffs on each side quite steep. The snow packed glaciers look the same as the rocks except for the color, of course. The white of the glaciers is bluish. The fisures are vertical like the rock surrounding the glaciers but the glacier is leaning against itself this way and that. Some of the under layers are black and some portions of the actual glacier especially the edges are blackened, supposedly from avalanches and storms. Some of the ice toward the front side of the glacier looks like smooth agate with blackened lines through it.
We watched a whale playing. It was far off. Cold today. 41 degrees.
All day long we have looked at beautiful scenery and animal life. Even the mountains out in the open sea have glaciers. The 'Fairweather Range' that we passed at 8pm in full daylight is beautifully covered from top to bottom in glacial snow. It is very rugged and impressive beyond belief. The open sea is choppy now, the ship is swaying a little.
I brought our two loads of laundry down to the laundry room and there were Connie and Diana waiting their turn as well. Each person shares what they have learned about the washers and dryers, and that you can use a half bottle of the ships shampoo instead of laundry soap, share dryer sheets, etc. There seems to be a very nice group of people on board that we have met so far.
We plan to eat dinner at 9pm. It is still daylight until at least 9:30 as we cut straight across The 'Gulf of Alaska'. It is dress up night again and the menu is Lobster, Beef Wellington and pheasant. We were of the last three tables to leave the dining room. Our waiter Kristzian had to leave before we did because he had a staff dance contest or something. We went back to our rooms and directly to bed. Lots more sailing, and tomorrow is Sunday.
We watched a whale playing. It was far off. Cold today. 41 degrees.
All day long we have looked at beautiful scenery and animal life. Even the mountains out in the open sea have glaciers. The 'Fairweather Range' that we passed at 8pm in full daylight is beautifully covered from top to bottom in glacial snow. It is very rugged and impressive beyond belief. The open sea is choppy now, the ship is swaying a little.
I brought our two loads of laundry down to the laundry room and there were Connie and Diana waiting their turn as well. Each person shares what they have learned about the washers and dryers, and that you can use a half bottle of the ships shampoo instead of laundry soap, share dryer sheets, etc. There seems to be a very nice group of people on board that we have met so far.
We plan to eat dinner at 9pm. It is still daylight until at least 9:30 as we cut straight across The 'Gulf of Alaska'. It is dress up night again and the menu is Lobster, Beef Wellington and pheasant. We were of the last three tables to leave the dining room. Our waiter Kristzian had to leave before we did because he had a staff dance contest or something. We went back to our rooms and directly to bed. Lots more sailing, and tomorrow is Sunday.
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