Alaska

After 3 days at sea we finally docked in Alaska. But we had overcast skies with lots of rain. Many people braved the weather and went into the town of Dutch Harbor. There isn’t much in town so we were told. It was also only 40 degrees. So we decided to stay on board until the rain quit so we could walk only in the port area. We talked with some of the crew as they came back to the ship. They went to the Safeway Grocery store and bought potato chips. Funny what people crave. We have even asked for potato chips on board to no avail.

So the only photo worth adding to the blog is of an eagle. Of course his white feathers blend into the white sky. There were loads of eagles but mostly flying too high to photograph. Hopefully Kodiak will be a better port for us.

However, during our days at sea we did have a 93ers (those on the ship for 93 days from Auckland to Vancouver) special dinner at The restaurant with an officer. Each table had 8 passengers and the one officer. Kathy sat next to the Staff Engineer. So very quietly she asked if I could have a tour of the engine room. That is not allowed at all, but he would see what else he could do that would be of interest. At 10 the next morning I had a call to go to Guest Services for a special tour. I had no idea what Kathy and the engineer did. I got a private tour of the engine control room with all of the computers controlling basically everything. Much of the main control panel looked very familiar to the control screens I created at Safe Harbor Dam. We compared stories. It was great fun.