The next two posts are from the Juneau Public Library - free wifi!!
We have already been asked what time we
would like to disembark, only 4 days in. Of course they need to plan
how to move 1400 people off the ship fairly quickly, but it does seem
fairly early. We chose between 9 am and 9:30 am with the thinking
that by the time we got through customs and immigration and back to
the car, the traffic on the interstate will have cleared somewhat.
I'll let you know how it works!!
This morning we are on our way to Tracy
Arm, a fiord. Unfortunately, the weather is cloudy, foggy and rainy.
The crew has set up extra chairs in the Crow's Nest for viewing
since I doubt the forward decks will be open.
Food has been plentiful, as it always
is on a cruise ship. WE have been eating breakfast in the Lido and
dinner in the dining room. I think I mentioned we have a great table
for dinner, number 37, right in the middle of the dining room. The
view, if there is one, is wonderful. Lunch we have alternated
between the dining room, which is open on sea days, and the Lido,
which always serves lunch. Today we will eat in the Lido and have a
big salad.
We walked a couple of miles around the
Promenade Deck this morning just to get some exercise. We were joined
by a few other couples and some intrepid souls were even sitting on
the deck chairs with blankets.
Once we got into the fiord, the front
decks were open but it was damp and wet. We alternated between
inside and outside. Tracy Arm is a very long fiord with the Sawyer
Glacier at the end of it. We got very close before the captain
turned the ship around.
Because Tracy Arm is so close to
Juneau, we will spend the night anchored about 7 miles from Juneau.
It will make for a very calm dinner and a quiet night sleeping, not
that is has been at all rough. The sun finally came out as we were
leaving Tracy Arm and we had a great sunset.
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