The clocks moved back an hour last night, and we still got up late for breakfast. It's just as well, as neither of us were in the mood to do anything but relax. Outside, we can see nothing but the Pacific Ocean, and it's nice to know that we'll have a nice continuous view of the inside passage when our ship leaves Skagway tomorrow.
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We got up late, and decided that our first meal would be lunch in the main dining room. I wanted something simple to eat, as I knew I'd be having GI Tract issues later in the day. So, I had some lentil soup followed by a gussied up hamburger. Both were yummy. But this would not be the focus of our day.
Sometime towards mid afternoon, we entered the Inside Passage, and had calm waters to sail on our way to Skagway. From our balcony, we saw some snow covered mountains, while others nearby saw whales. Both of us broke out our binoculars to get a better view of things. Even though the tops of the mountains were often covered with clouds, we enjoyed the view. This is one cruise which I would always recommend a balcony cabin.
All too soon, dinner time came, and we had to stop enjoying the views from our balcony cabin. So we trekked downstairs to the restaurant where I ordered the Crab Buccatini, the Seafood Antipasto, and the Tandori Chicken for dinner. There was nothing that wasn't top notch. While having our appetizers a couple from the Denver area was seated at our shared table. I recommended the pasta, and the woman opposite me loved my suggestion. The four of us had a nice conversation, even though the noise level in the restaurant made it hard to hear each other. To finish the meal, I had the Apple Strudel, while RQS had the Cheesecake. We could have kept talking for a while, but RQS had to go up to the room, and I wanted to go and capture the last minutes of our first Alaskan sunset.
What a nice way to close out a day, isn't it?
4 comments:
Do you have Glacier Bay on the itinerary? I know at least some Princess trips go there, not all lines have access to the park due to crowding
As you could see on a later post, we did go to Glacier Bay.
I picked this cruise because of 4 things:
1,2,3: Full day stops in 3 Alaska ports
4: A full day cruising in Glacier Bay.
I didn't care about any Canadian ports, and I was pleasantly surprised by Prince Rupert, as it is far from as commercial as the Alaskan ports on the cruise. It is a calming port to stop in before sailing back to San Francisco.
yes, well, you are going to get a Canadian port if the Jones Act is still active. I think some of the Seattle sailings hit Vancouver 8PM-midnight to make it legal.
Sadly, I don't see it being amended anytime soon. They did a temporary amendment for post-covid cruise resumption, when Canada stayed closed longer then we stayed closed for cruising.
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