Tuesday, August 24th – skies are clearing as we get closer to home
Today was a sad day as we are packing to leave the ship. We were invited to one more luncheon with Captain Bos and is was a wonderful spread they put out for us. We were so fortunate to be able to take park in these meet and greets – it meant a lot to Mom. She will have so much to tell her friends at Fleetwood Villa when she gets home tomorrow.
As I write this final entry to the blog, we are sailing into Robson Bight and hoping to see Orcas. This is the rubbing beach that is talked about. The Captain made an announcement that if you google Robson Byte, there is a link to an underwater camera and you can see the Orcas rubbing on the pebbles on the bottom. I must do that when I get home – it is way too expensive to google on the ship. Internet charges are about 55 cents a minute and the connection rates are slower than the lightning speed we have at home. However, I enjoy doing this so much and this is my hobby when on these trips.
The weather has gone from rain last night – to foggy and socked in most of the day, and now that evening is here and we are nearing home, we are enjoying a lovely, albeit cool scenic cruise. OK so I had to run down to Deck 6 and out to the bow of the boat. There were 4 or 5 Orcas, but they were too far away for a picture with my camera – we could only enjoy watching them blow and splash in the distance. There were hundreds fishing boats in the area – more than we have ever seen there. Evidently the season was extended because the run of salmon is so very large this year. This is the run they have talked about for years – and it didn’t appear until this year. Finally the fisherman can have their turn.
So time for our last chance in the Casino. We have had fun putting $5.00 each in this one machine and we doubled our money on the first spin and quit. Then the next day we put in our $5.00 each in the same machine and doubled on the first spin again! So tonight we have to try this machine again and see what luck we have.
Thanks for coming along for the adventure!
….to be continued on a future journey!
Today was a sad day as we are packing to leave the ship. We were invited to one more luncheon with Captain Bos and is was a wonderful spread they put out for us. We were so fortunate to be able to take park in these meet and greets – it meant a lot to Mom. She will have so much to tell her friends at Fleetwood Villa when she gets home tomorrow.
As I write this final entry to the blog, we are sailing into Robson Bight and hoping to see Orcas. This is the rubbing beach that is talked about. The Captain made an announcement that if you google Robson Byte, there is a link to an underwater camera and you can see the Orcas rubbing on the pebbles on the bottom. I must do that when I get home – it is way too expensive to google on the ship. Internet charges are about 55 cents a minute and the connection rates are slower than the lightning speed we have at home. However, I enjoy doing this so much and this is my hobby when on these trips.
The weather has gone from rain last night – to foggy and socked in most of the day, and now that evening is here and we are nearing home, we are enjoying a lovely, albeit cool scenic cruise. OK so I had to run down to Deck 6 and out to the bow of the boat. There were 4 or 5 Orcas, but they were too far away for a picture with my camera – we could only enjoy watching them blow and splash in the distance. There were hundreds fishing boats in the area – more than we have ever seen there. Evidently the season was extended because the run of salmon is so very large this year. This is the run they have talked about for years – and it didn’t appear until this year. Finally the fisherman can have their turn.
So time for our last chance in the Casino. We have had fun putting $5.00 each in this one machine and we doubled our money on the first spin and quit. Then the next day we put in our $5.00 each in the same machine and doubled on the first spin again! So tonight we have to try this machine again and see what luck we have.
Thanks for coming along for the adventure!
….to be continued on a future journey!
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