05/27/18 - On 5/22, I left all my dirty clothes from the cruise in the suitcase to take over to Aunt Ada's. Aunt Ada offered to do the laundry since I would not be able to do it for another whole week. I then did some other packing since I was going to be at Aunt Ada's house for the next three days due to my second cataract surgery. I arrived at Aunt Ada's around 5 00 pm. After taking everything in the house, we had dinner together. Started eye drops for surgery.
5/23, Robyn picked me up around 8 00 am and we headed for the surgery center. I needed to check in at 9 30 am for 11 00 am surgery. Surgery went well. Robyn and I then went to her office for the afternoon since she had some meetings and classes to teach. I made some lunch, read my book and played games on the phone. After Robyn's private meeting with a student, we went back to Aunt Ada's. We had dinner and off to bed.
5/24, I had my follow up appointment. Everything is well. We went home and I did some computer work, had lunch and then started a puzzle.
5/25, Aunt Ada and I ran some errands and worked on the puzzle.
5/26, I packed up all my stuff and went back to the RV around noon. I then put everything in the RV but forgot what a mess I had left from the cruise stuff and now things would go much slower in getting things put away because I am not allowed to bend over for a week. So have only done things that did not require any bending!! Good to be back home.
Today needed to run some errands which included washing the car and buying some groceries since there was nothing left in the house. The RV will remain a mess until I can bend over which is not for three more days!!
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Saturday, May 26, 2018
05/26/18 - On 5/18 we docked in Sitka. We had a cruise to see sea otters, sea lions and bald eagles. It was an interesting cruise and we saw lots of bald eagles and sea otters all along our way. I tried to take a picture but one really can't see the otter. It is just a black dot on my picture.
Sea Otter on right of middle of picture
5/19 - Sailing day so was very lazy day
5/20 - Docked at Victoria, Canada and we took a shuttle into town and got off and walked a busy street that was definitely set up for tourist. Aunt Esther and I had a gelato ice cream and then back to the ship. This afternoon, we started to pack since we had to have luggage out by midnight.
5/21 - We got up early to have breakfast before disembarking. I was scheduled at 8 20 am and Aunt Esther at 9 00 am. We were separated because we had different luggage requirements. I was trying to get out of Seattle earlier than 3 38 pm so had to take my luggage with me. Aunt Esther was able to have her luggage tagged from ship to pick up in Cleveland. I did get to change the flight for an extra $25 but left at noon. Aunt Esther left at 1 30 pm so we did get to meet up again at my gate before I left. It was a great trip and always good to spend time with Aunt Esther. Got home at 5 00 pm since I took the light rail which took a little over an hour. My suitcase was a little heavy and my neighbor observed I was struggling a little so soon I heard this voice behind that he wanted to help. That was nice. I did very little unpacking.
5/19 - Sailing day so was very lazy day
5/20 - Docked at Victoria, Canada and we took a shuttle into town and got off and walked a busy street that was definitely set up for tourist. Aunt Esther and I had a gelato ice cream and then back to the ship. This afternoon, we started to pack since we had to have luggage out by midnight.
5/21 - We got up early to have breakfast before disembarking. I was scheduled at 8 20 am and Aunt Esther at 9 00 am. We were separated because we had different luggage requirements. I was trying to get out of Seattle earlier than 3 38 pm so had to take my luggage with me. Aunt Esther was able to have her luggage tagged from ship to pick up in Cleveland. I did get to change the flight for an extra $25 but left at noon. Aunt Esther left at 1 30 pm so we did get to meet up again at my gate before I left. It was a great trip and always good to spend time with Aunt Esther. Got home at 5 00 pm since I took the light rail which took a little over an hour. My suitcase was a little heavy and my neighbor observed I was struggling a little so soon I heard this voice behind that he wanted to help. That was nice. I did very little unpacking.
05/26/18 - On 5/15 we docked at Homer, Alaska. We had schedule a tour to see a working farm but it was cancelled so we just took a shuttle into town which had 3 different drop offs. We stopped at the second one and walked a block or so and did some shopping. A little cold and rainy off and on. Back to the ship.
5/16 - We docked at Kodiak, Alaska and had a tour scheduled at 7 15 am so we got up really early to be ready. Tour included Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Dance and Russian tea. It was windy and rainy but OK since we would be inside most of the time. We met our tour guide and driver of a shuttle that holds 25 and there was 21 of us. She gave us a little information and then her vehicle would not start. Poor thing tried and tried but no luck. She is an independent tour guide so there was no other form of transportation available since there would lot of other tours. Back to the cabin and off to bed for a little more sleep. Well, that basically made it for a very lazy day.
5/17 - Sailing day across the Gulf of Alaska and this included a stop off at Hubbard Glacier which was beautiful. We spent most of our time up in the club on the front of the ship to take in the Glacier. It never did any moving so we could not see big splashes in the water. We did see some brown bears along the coast line on our way back. On our way out of the fjord, we met up with Princess Cruise line that was waiting to get into the fjord.
5/16 - We docked at Kodiak, Alaska and had a tour scheduled at 7 15 am so we got up really early to be ready. Tour included Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Dance and Russian tea. It was windy and rainy but OK since we would be inside most of the time. We met our tour guide and driver of a shuttle that holds 25 and there was 21 of us. She gave us a little information and then her vehicle would not start. Poor thing tried and tried but no luck. She is an independent tour guide so there was no other form of transportation available since there would lot of other tours. Back to the cabin and off to bed for a little more sleep. Well, that basically made it for a very lazy day.
5/17 - Sailing day across the Gulf of Alaska and this included a stop off at Hubbard Glacier which was beautiful. We spent most of our time up in the club on the front of the ship to take in the Glacier. It never did any moving so we could not see big splashes in the water. We did see some brown bears along the coast line on our way back. On our way out of the fjord, we met up with Princess Cruise line that was waiting to get into the fjord.
Glacier ahead - about 6 stories high
Friday, May 25, 2018
05/25/18 - On 5/12 we docked in Anchorage. Aunt Esther and I had a tour scheduled to a Heritage Museum and the Anchorage Museum. The Heritage Museum was very interesting. They had someone give a speech with a lot of history. Aunt Esther took a walk around the property to view typical housing in the area. We then had a little musical dance session with a group from the island of Kodiak. We then took a shuttle to the Anchorage Museum which was absolutely huge so we just picked out the Alaska side of the museum. It was interesting as well. Back to the ship.
5/13 - We arrived to Icy Straits Point and a little cold and rainy but we had a bus tour of the little town of Hoohan. We did make a couple of stops in town but it had a lot of ancient history and was a good tour.
5/14 - Day of sailing in the Gulf of Alaska. It was quite windy so the seas were a little rough and some of the passengers even got sea sick.
I have a couple of pictures from Anchorage and Icy Straits
The Dancers at Heritage Museum
The pier at Icy Strait
Growing wild-stink cabbage-first plants bears eat
5/13 - We arrived to Icy Straits Point and a little cold and rainy but we had a bus tour of the little town of Hoohan. We did make a couple of stops in town but it had a lot of ancient history and was a good tour.
5/14 - Day of sailing in the Gulf of Alaska. It was quite windy so the seas were a little rough and some of the passengers even got sea sick.
I have a couple of pictures from Anchorage and Icy Straits
Thursday, May 24, 2018
05/24/18 - Time to get some blogging done.
05/07, I left the RV at 4 50 am for a 5 11 departure from the Phoenix light rail that takes you to 44th street and then the Sky train takes you directly to the airport. I was able to walk to the station. It was great. Got to the airport but ended up in the wrong place to put my bag underneath and it was rather heavy but does fit in the bins above your seat. When I got to the gate, they announced that the flight was full and wanted to do a courtesy bag check. I was so happy. Had a good flight and Aunt Esther and I were only about 15 minutes apart in arrival to Seattle so we met at the baggage claim area. We walked and walked and got ourselves out in the parking garage area to look for our transport which was pre-paid. Well, we could not find them and soon were directed to another place and ended up on a bus from Holland America to the ship. Finally, got checked in and off to the cabin. We then had a safety drill and off to dinner. Ate with two other couples. Off to bed.
5/8, All day sailing. Nothing eventful but lots of eating!!
5/9, We are in Ketchikan, Alaska for the day. It was cold and rainy but we put on coats, hats and umbrellas and went to the Lumberjack show which was really good.
5/10, Our next stop was Juneau. There we went on a whale, sea lion and eagle spotting tour. We were guaranteed to see whales or we would get $100 back. Well, we did not get out very far before one was spotted. We then saw some more on our way and even had a two give us the wonderful tail pose. It was great. We saw lots of sea lions on a small beach and of course lots of eagles. They served hot chocolate and smoked salmon on crackers. Aunt Esther ate my share!
5/11, We had a sailing day that included a fjord which at the end was a glacier. It was smaller than Glacier Bay or Hubbard Bay but very interesting since we traveled all the way in. We were scheduled to do Tracy Arms but it had too much ice for the ship to get in. We saw some brown bears on our way and some people saw seals on icebergs but I did not sea those. It was a good sailing day.
05/07, I left the RV at 4 50 am for a 5 11 departure from the Phoenix light rail that takes you to 44th street and then the Sky train takes you directly to the airport. I was able to walk to the station. It was great. Got to the airport but ended up in the wrong place to put my bag underneath and it was rather heavy but does fit in the bins above your seat. When I got to the gate, they announced that the flight was full and wanted to do a courtesy bag check. I was so happy. Had a good flight and Aunt Esther and I were only about 15 minutes apart in arrival to Seattle so we met at the baggage claim area. We walked and walked and got ourselves out in the parking garage area to look for our transport which was pre-paid. Well, we could not find them and soon were directed to another place and ended up on a bus from Holland America to the ship. Finally, got checked in and off to the cabin. We then had a safety drill and off to dinner. Ate with two other couples. Off to bed.
5/8, All day sailing. Nothing eventful but lots of eating!!
5/9, We are in Ketchikan, Alaska for the day. It was cold and rainy but we put on coats, hats and umbrellas and went to the Lumberjack show which was really good.
5/10, Our next stop was Juneau. There we went on a whale, sea lion and eagle spotting tour. We were guaranteed to see whales or we would get $100 back. Well, we did not get out very far before one was spotted. We then saw some more on our way and even had a two give us the wonderful tail pose. It was great. We saw lots of sea lions on a small beach and of course lots of eagles. They served hot chocolate and smoked salmon on crackers. Aunt Esther ate my share!
5/11, We had a sailing day that included a fjord which at the end was a glacier. It was smaller than Glacier Bay or Hubbard Bay but very interesting since we traveled all the way in. We were scheduled to do Tracy Arms but it had too much ice for the ship to get in. We saw some brown bears on our way and some people saw seals on icebergs but I did not sea those. It was a good sailing day.
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