Well today was quite lovely – the weather shaped up very nicely and even ended up quite hot for a day in Juneau. Juneau is in the natural rain forest and rainy days are way more common that sunny ones, but today was absolutely gorgeous t-shirt weather here.
Our trip up the Tracey Arm was disappointing as we were unable to get to the end to see the twin Sawyer Glaciers. There proved to be too much ice to chance the narrowest part of the channel, so we turned around, but we are promised to have a very close encounter with the active Marjorie Glacier in Glacier Bay on Wednesday.
This is a picture of Mom enjoying the scenery up the Tracey Arm.
Our trip up the Tracey Arm was disappointing as we were unable to get to the end to see the twin Sawyer Glaciers. There proved to be too much ice to chance the narrowest part of the channel, so we turned around, but we are promised to have a very close encounter with the active Marjorie Glacier in Glacier Bay on Wednesday.
This is a picture of Mom enjoying the scenery up the Tracey Arm. We arrived in Juneau earlier than expected and shopping was on the agenda! We went to the famous T-Shirt Company and picked up a few things – I was lucky enough to get two great jackets for Peter and Eileen and Shannon got some sweatshirts and t-shirts and a few other knick knacks. Pam and Stacy went up on the gondola (we think) to visit the top of Mt. Roberts and then they were to be twilight whale watching out of Auk Bay. We will be anxious to get them home to hear of their adventures!
Eileen, Shannon and I took a cab to go to Fred Meyer to buy some walkie talkies for the girls to use on this ship. We learned a valuable lesson today – before you ask a cab to take you someplace, it is wise to find out approximately how far it is and the approximate cost of the trip. As it turned out, we got the walkie talkies for a very good price on sale for $39.99 but the cab ride there and back for $50.00 – oops!
I bought a $5.00 phone card and phoned Peter – the card is good for 15 hours of talking, so I let Shannon use it to call Tom too. I don’t even know enough people myself to talk for 15 hours in one week. We will make some more phone calls later in other ports and then I shall give the card to the cabin steward so he can call his family at least once.
We went and had a peek in the Red Dog Saloon – they have sawdust floors, an old honkey tonk piano with an equally old honkey tonk piano man. They were all singing along and drinking $6.00 beers. The lady at the door wouldn’t let me come in to take pictures cause they were too busy, so I asked her if I could please take one from the door and stepped inside and took a picture and then left – what a crabby pants! I sure wasn’t going to wait for a table and drink a $6.00 beer in there!! It did look neat though,
Right now, Nana, Shannon and Eileen are playing tile rummy and arguing about the rules, I am so glad that I am typing the blog J
Oh I forgot to tell you – this morning at 4:00 there was a signal of 6 bells. While I was counting and hoping it wasn’t the dreaded 7 short blasts and 1 long one which means get your lifejackets on and get to the muster station, Eileen was madly smacking the night table trying to shut off the phantom alarm clock – Mom was saying what’s happening – what’s happening…
Anyway 6 short blasts means FIRE! However, there was no fire. Just a whole bunch of fire alarms going off at the same time in the engine compartment. The chief officer came on to tell us that is was a false alarm and go back to bed etc. Then a couple of minutes later, as we were beginning to fall asleep again, the captain – who sounded like he was just woken up also, told us that no fire was detected – it was a false alarm and go back to sleep. We used this mid-night interruption for a pee break and then we did all fall asleep again before anyone could come on the blower and tell us to do just that.
Well, once again I will try to upload a photo or two – we have tried to use less resolution and that might help – other wise you will have to be satisfied with my ramblings!
I will report tomorrow from Skagway.
Eileen, Shannon and I took a cab to go to Fred Meyer to buy some walkie talkies for the girls to use on this ship. We learned a valuable lesson today – before you ask a cab to take you someplace, it is wise to find out approximately how far it is and the approximate cost of the trip. As it turned out, we got the walkie talkies for a very good price on sale for $39.99 but the cab ride there and back for $50.00 – oops!
I bought a $5.00 phone card and phoned Peter – the card is good for 15 hours of talking, so I let Shannon use it to call Tom too. I don’t even know enough people myself to talk for 15 hours in one week. We will make some more phone calls later in other ports and then I shall give the card to the cabin steward so he can call his family at least once.
We went and had a peek in the Red Dog Saloon – they have sawdust floors, an old honkey tonk piano with an equally old honkey tonk piano man. They were all singing along and drinking $6.00 beers. The lady at the door wouldn’t let me come in to take pictures cause they were too busy, so I asked her if I could please take one from the door and stepped inside and took a picture and then left – what a crabby pants! I sure wasn’t going to wait for a table and drink a $6.00 beer in there!! It did look neat though,
Right now, Nana, Shannon and Eileen are playing tile rummy and arguing about the rules, I am so glad that I am typing the blog J
Oh I forgot to tell you – this morning at 4:00 there was a signal of 6 bells. While I was counting and hoping it wasn’t the dreaded 7 short blasts and 1 long one which means get your lifejackets on and get to the muster station, Eileen was madly smacking the night table trying to shut off the phantom alarm clock – Mom was saying what’s happening – what’s happening…
Anyway 6 short blasts means FIRE! However, there was no fire. Just a whole bunch of fire alarms going off at the same time in the engine compartment. The chief officer came on to tell us that is was a false alarm and go back to bed etc. Then a couple of minutes later, as we were beginning to fall asleep again, the captain – who sounded like he was just woken up also, told us that no fire was detected – it was a false alarm and go back to sleep. We used this mid-night interruption for a pee break and then we did all fall asleep again before anyone could come on the blower and tell us to do just that.
Well, once again I will try to upload a photo or two – we have tried to use less resolution and that might help – other wise you will have to be satisfied with my ramblings!
I will report tomorrow from Skagway.
1 comment:
Fun to keep up with what you are doing - sorry Tracey Arm wasn't more thrilling for you. We are having a great time in Banff - catching up with a number of old friends and hearing some incredible music. Weather is great! A mother and adolescent elk joined us for dinner this evening on the lawns outside the dining room . . . Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Love to all - cousin Sandra
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