The cruise ship set sail late afternoon on Friday, heading north up an inside channel toward the Queen Charlotte Sound. The captain announced that we are moving at 16 nautical miles per hour but that will increase as we enter the open sea.
Yesterday, Saturday, was a salling day. We are on the port side of the ship and we love sitting on the balcony in the afternoon. The wind is cool, but the sun has removed the early morning fog. The waves are not big, as islands protected us most of this journey. The sun, to our west in the afternoon, reflects off thousands of small swells that disperse the light into millions of ever-changing, fractals of shimmering light. The air is so clean and crisp that one is filled with energy. On cruise days there is ample time for long conversations, and gazing at the horizon. As it states in the Psalms: “Deep calls out to deep.”
We are enjoying our time on this cruise and so happy to share it with our friends Mike and Joanie. Sue captured a really good picture of them as you can see here. The dining room meals are very tasty and the staff service is top shelf. We enjoyed a wine tasting event of wines from six countries as well as a Motown review show with a band and dancers.
In the 1990’s, my boss, Steve, encouraged me to take a cruise to Alaska, and said if I ever did, I must get a room with a sliding glass door and a balcony, so as to watch the mountains and glaciers from the comfort of my own room. And I put that on my bucket list. Twenty years later it has come true.
It’s early Sunday morning now. I woke up early, and peeked out the window to see forest-covered mountains close to the ship. We just arrived at Ketchikan, and will enjoy a leisurely Sunday of walking around town – the airplane rides, zip lines, hiking, and small cruise tours are reserved for later in the week for us.
