Saturday, March 11, 2017

Cruising in Alaska - this is the boring day






Monday September 5 - our first full day at sea and it's gray and dreary. Now what - find breakfast - the buffet on the Lido deck is  zoo (that's my recurrent comment. I prefer sit down meals, not roaming about. I do not need volume . I seek quality of food). After breakfast, we walk the circuit - three laps equals a mile. Now I feel the ship movement and begin my dramamine and ear drop regimen. That works for my motion issues, and I'm good to go.

There are a lot of activities on board ship and we take advantage  of as much as possible - 10 am  - hello, winners of Name That Tune in the Crow's Nest.  11 am cooking show in the Culinary Center - crab cakes, shrimp pasta, and creme brulee.  High noon - lunch.  1 pm - a Lumberjack Show - sounds corny but was quite interesting. This man, Rob Sheer, won championships and still competes with his son. He wore the ubiquitous red checked shirt, carried a big axe, and was extremely fit for late 50s.

2 pm  - time for a snooze. Hey, we're on vacation. Don't judge.

4 pm - another deck walk and a whale watch alert. Sure enough, we saw whales blow holes and breech. Very cool. It was funny as we all ran from side to side of the ship - everyone not wanting to miss a thing. Lots of misty clouds - tendrils encircled the hills ashore.

Night fun included a comedian's show. Jeff  Burghart was amusing and did some clever impressions.  Then the piano bar was so-so - the  man could play, but not sing.  Yawn - time for bed around 10 pm. We have to turn our clocks back for Tuesday and be ready for a shore adventure.

Stay tuned

13 comments:

  1. It may be boring to you but you have given many a wonderful insight of a wonderful day. Thanks Joanne.

    Yvonne.

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  2. I don't think it was a boring day at all! Lots of fun things it seems like was aboard that boat!

    betty

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    1. compared to what's coming it was the "boring" day. We have fun any day

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  3. Sure lots to do so hard for boredom to come due

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  4. I think I get what you are saying, although there were some nice activities and things to see, the lapses in between on board with everything looking so grey.
    Barbara from Life & Faith in Caneyhead

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    1. yes, in comparison to what's to come, it was "boring". At the time, we stayed busy and had fun.

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  5. That doesn't sound boring to me!

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    1. Looking back it was a preamble to cooler stuff

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  6. Hi Joanne - well you have to travel to get there - and at least they offered some entertainment ... and you enjoyed what you could - while looking out! Cheers - I'll look forward to more - Hilary

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    1. Exactly. This was the buildup and we had fun

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  7. For a "boring" day, it sounds like you had plenty to do. How cool to see the whales!

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