Greetings: First of all ... let me make one thing clear .. I am not drunk when I write these posts. There is no spell check and I am generally being rushed by beloved who lives in mortal fear that we will miss something if we are two minutes late so I don't get to read these over before I hit the send button ... so I apologze but you will have to take this up with Jerry. (See Marvin ... I mentioned him!) Now that I have finished responding to the grammar and spelling critics I shall resume the hat...
Of course the day started out with breakfast .. a mere epast of Eggs benedict and Belgian waffles ... not together ... our favorite waitress wondered why we don't ahve breakfast in ghe amin dinig room. Since e had to leave early for our excursion we made it a point to go to the main dining room to see her. No doubt we ade her day! :)
Off we went into the ship'stender to be broughto ver to th dock. Holland America had gotten in first so they ahd the dock ... but the tender ride (not an adjective) was perfectly comfotabl and in no time we were on sore. We walked voer to our semisubmersible wi is a fancy name for aglass window/sided bot. Down we went and let me make one thing clear ... I will NEVER be a submariner! However, I managed to quell my budding clastrophobia and enjoy the ride ... amzaing view of the sea life. Giant kelp that looked like they were going to swllow up the boat, all manner of fish, snails etc with an interestingdiscussion as tot he aprticular attributes of each of them. then o e of the divers went deep into the water, pcikedup some of these fish and swam around to the windows howing them to us close up. Very cool. Chrissie ... if you arereading this ... hermit crabs are considered nasty. They go up to other crab shells and kick out hte crab that is livng there and take it over forthemselves. Pam, if hrissie is too busy working to red this please share this fascinationg bit of ocean lore with her.
Back up on deck where we were treated to ritz crackers wtih cream heese and kelp pickles. Shockingly, I passed on this tasy treat altho' Jerry tried the kelp pickles and said they were tasty. (See Marvin, another reference to Jerry.) However, I will stick to my pickles from Rheins thank you very much.
Off to walk around Sitka. Stopped in St. Michaels church and saw some magnificent icons ... prowled the shops but couldn't get what I had wanted to buy because they were made in Russia and I thought it would be weird to go to Alaska nd bring hime gifts from Russia. Sorry exepctant gift recipients ... you lose ... at least as far as Sitka is concerned.
Sitka is a charming little city or village; actually, not so little. It is the 3rd largest city in Alaska ... geographically speaking that is as it only has 8500 inhabitants. ... whether ornot htepeoe who live here think it is charming is a different matter as I suspect it is quite poor. However, everyone is very friendly and the harbor is very pretty with the boats bobbing in the water against the backdrop of fog shrouded mountains. A bit like the coast of Maine ...
I wanted to find Murrays Drugstore which supposedly had the best milkshakes in Alaska but Jerry was tired and hisfeet hurt so we ent back to the boat. Some of you have been lucky enough to see the picture I snapped on the BB phone of him sitting on a bench with his sneaker and sock off ... Sitka will never be the same.
Back to our boat and upstair to the Lido Deck for sandwiches, chips and salsa and of course a vodka and tonic. I went down to our stateroom to get our books and came back to find Jerry (Jerry reference number 3 Marv) sleeping ... spent the next couple of hours reading and doing and then I came down to do.......
LAUNDRY! Yes folks, on this luxurious cruise poor little me is still a simple housewife doing laundy. Which reminds me ... I have to get it out of the dryer now ... and we are off to a cocktail party hosted by the representatives of our travel agency ...
Then dinner and we might take in the Improv Comedy Show ... the shows have been quite good, much to my surprise!
Tomorrow Juneau ... and helicopter to the Herbert (stop laughing) Glacier with a brisk walk on the glacier!
Until then ...
Bye ....
Did I do better with my spelling Scott and Marvin?
Good job Mom although some paragraphs were hard to read because of the spelling errors! I need to invent spell check on Blogs. Maybe Marvin can help me market it! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had fun in Sitka. It sounded very pretty and you even had fun in the submarine.
I look forward to reading the next Blog although I know you didn't make the Glacier because of the Fog. I will be interested to hear if you get a refund or can reschedule the trip? (time permitting?)
Love,
Scott
You actually reference Jerry 4Xs (you missed 7th paragraph where Jerry had his sneaker off). Ritz Crackers w/ cream cheese and a pickle? Now I know what to serve at my next party.
ReplyDeleteHave fun on the ice and hang in there Jerry. You only have to walk up the ice glacier 'cause you can slide back down like the penguins.