Woke at 4 and was journaling
on deck 10 am now caught up with post cards and journaling. Yea! now I can sit
back and relax. LOL.
I went to the new souvenir shop on board and picked up the book with the map on Alaska and brought it
with me to breakfast with Shirley and Dorothy and Diane. Diane is going to get the book too as it is very good with lots of pictures and maps.
Went to listen to
Dirks talk on glaciers that was very interesting.
Diane went to lie down
as she stayed up till 3am at the casino but she did win some more money. Afterwards we, Shirley, Dorothy and I, got a table on deck 10 and then
took a few turns going up on deck to see our progress to the glacier. the day was sunny but as the ship was moving at a good clip it was still quite cool out on deck.
We turned into a very large bay and we saw Hubbard
glacier. It is huge so I can only imagine how big the Malaspina glacier is . We
could not see it from the ship but it is one hundred times larger than the Hubbard
on the map.
When we got closer to the
glacier we all went upstairs and it was GORGEOUS! I have seen pictures of
glaciers but none of them really do it justice. Colours of blue, purple, cream,
white, dirty brown and black were spread trough the glacier. One shade of blue
that could only be called glacial blue as I have never seen it before. It was
stunningly beautiful. Occasionally
falling ice slid into the water making waves that never reached us. We did manage to get fairly close, about 1 mile away and when the ship stopped we had to take off all of our layers as it was so warm. I actually got a sunburn.
The glacier was huge and it made noises, booms and cracks
and little pops in the ice floating all around the ship . The weather was
perfect, Sunny and clear, not windy and lovely. I tried to get lots of pictures (I had been saving my camera
for this and I did get a few but then my camera died). We took some using
Dorothy’s i-pad.
A helicopter came and flew around us taking pictures and
filming and the boat turned around to be in different positions for the camera.
What a ham. Maybe we will all be in a promotional video for the cruise lines.
I want a free cruise.
After the glacier Diane went
to eat as she had not really had lunch. She had woken up in time to come up and share the glacial experience
with us.
Shirley, Dorothy and I went below deck (down stairs) to our staterooms and had a
nap. I woke at 530 in time to get cleaned up and ready to go to dinner.
Dinner was lovely and
afterward we went to the show. The 70’s, I wonder what kind of shows they will
be putting on for our kids and their kids? It was a lot of fun. High energy
dancing and singing. Then we went shopping I did not buy anything as I have
reached my limit. Diane bought an I-Pad , Shirley and Dorothy both bought jewelry.
Diane and Dorothy went to the
casino and Dorothy and I went to our staterooms. I brought my 17 postcards
upstairs to customer relations to
mail them and we chatted about the cruise. the gentleman said he would hide me
so I could get a free cruise. nice guy. We talked about our luggage and then i
went back to our room. I read for a tiny moment and then by the light of the
3/4 moon reflecting softly on the ocean fell fast asleep.
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