Today was a very relaxed day so that (hopefully) means a short post and early bedtime tonight. We are in Juneau tonight until nearly midnight, so I’ve had a good cell signal and have been uploading pics throughout the day.
First, this pic below. I keep mentioning that it’s never getting really dark at night, and that’s because last light is something like two hours after sunset, and first light is about two hours before sunrise, and since sunset and sunrise are about five hours apart, complete darkness is elusive.
Ship’s Bridgecam at 2:42am this morning
And, second, you know my “mission” I mentioned last night, doing something nice for Angie on her 94th birthday, her first one without her husband? Well, in the end, it worked out even better than I could have imagined. The Michelangelo greeter apparently called Angie first, then delivered the flowers to her cabin between first and second seating last night. She said Angie was in tears when she saw them, and it was all very sweet. Then today, Angie came back to the dining room and the greeter (I need to find out her name) came to get us and take us to her table and Angie hugged me over and over and said she told her kids all about it when she talked with them on the phone last night and it certainly gave me the warm fuzzies. Mission accomplished!
So, finally, our day…
It was a gorgeous day in Juneau. We were at the far berth, but it didn’t faze me at all, because we never got off the ship. Our only plan had been to get fish tacos at Deckhand Dave’s, but a friend on board shared his head cold with me (that’s all it is) and I have lost most of my sense of taste, so there was no sense in making a special effort.
Instead we slept in, had a late breakfast/ early lunch in the buffet, and hung out literally all day on the Terrace Deck. The stable ship felt particularly good after yesterday’s bouncy train ride, and we especially enjoyed watching the float planes take off and land (because we had seen surprisingly few of them in Ketchikan).
Juneau weather was spectacular today
At home, under the heat dome over the central US
Darn glad to be here!
We never tire of this
We never tire of this
The gondola is now $60pp
We took note of the steepness of this mountain.
That is another landslide waiting to happen.
If you’re cruising Alaska in the next couple of weeks, look away now. The weather is changing in a big way. We’re getting out of Alaska just in time.
We went to dinner in Michelangelo (where we met up with Angie). We weren’t especially hungry. I had the chicken chili and G had the chicken satay made entree-sized. I know Princess has significantly cut down on portion sizes to reduce waste, but today neither one of us could finish our meal.
Chicken chili
With our beautiful weather, we just couldn’t convince ourselves to sit in the Princess Theater for Libby Riddles (we’ve heard her speak before) or tonight’s entertainment (we think it’s two violinists). Instead, we were right back on the Terrace Deck, with few people, no music and only the sound of the huge Bermuda flag flapping in the wind. The best way to end a day.
At almost 7pm
In Alaska
Amazing!
Tomorrow is more virgin territory for us, scenic cruising in Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier. It’s another early day, but I suspect the weather will be considerably improved over College Fiord.
