Alaska Inside Passage, North bound. It was a nice morning when I
opened the curtains. We were very close to land and you could see an active
current in the narrow channel. It was cool and clear. I spotted a small whale
breathing several times near shore and then a whale tail. I saw one seal or sea
lion pop up and look around. By the time we got to breakfast it had clouded in
and was raining. We went up front to Horizons to get my cruise needlepoint kit
at 9:30am and it was pouring. We didn’t see any other sealife just lots of
floating logs.
By lunch time we were in open water and big swells. It
stopped raining by afternoon but it was a rough ride. While we were at lunch
they had distributed barf bags throughout the ship. I opted for a nap and slept
hours. When I got up to dress for the Captain’s reception I spotted a small
porpoise jumping in and out of the waves and swells by our starboard side.
We went to the Grand Dining Room tonight since we were
already dressed and on deck 5. It was a familiar menu from earlier this year on
Sirena around Australia.
We had a good day. Tomorrow is a new port for us,
Ketchikan. We have been without Internet
all day. We’ll see how long this lasts. I will post when I can.
