Day 8 of trip
no driving today, just sailing
Awoke to
full sun and cool around 7AM Ak time.
Slept well in our lower bunks last night, Chuck saying we did have some
turbulence but mild. Bathroom door is
weighted and self-closing as are all ferry doors for safety reasons. But visits in middle of the night half asleep
dealing with heavy doors is a challenge.
AM starts out with smooth waters, so we have a lite breakfast in the
room and lots of coffee from the grille.
Then we hit Queen Charlotte Sound and the ferry goes into deep rolls,
side to side, up and down. We are in
front of ferry so we are really feeling it.
Pat is not normally seasick but seems like today is the day. After a brief up-chuckie I need fresh air and
move to a stabler part of the ferry.
It’s all I can do to wash up and put on clothes while hanging onto
anything that will steady me. And still feeling like up-chucking is
probable. Chuck finishes his breakfast
and decides to take a shower. He has to
hold onto a grab bar to stay upright and water splashes out of the shower onto
the commode floor. Getting dressed for
him was also a challenge, but no up-chucking for him. Once outside, it helped some. As soon as we hit calm water it was a
miraculous recovery. A half hour later I
was able to finish my bagel and coffee!
We spend the day on the side deck outside our cabin with our folding
chairs. It gives us a view of only one
side of the ship but it is nice and quiet and light wind. We only see occasional jumping salmon, white
moon adult and baby jellyfish and one big orange ruffled one, we see two
otters. We are told there was a pod of
Orca last night seen at a distance.
Still a big deal since they are rare to see. The scenery is beautiful as always. The high tree covered hills meet the sea with
not a sign of human life to be seen and in the distance is a zig zag of snow
covered big guys, the Coastal Mountains.
Have not seen much fishing yet. Going to dinner at ‘fancy’ restaurant
tonight since we are pretty hungry and need a relaxing time.
Wi-fi access
is new on the Ak ferry system and access is quick and consistent. It does kind of change the experience but
inevitable. It used to be you had to lay
back and keep the outside world from invading; especially now with daily
baloney reports from the Grifter in Chief.
We are not on it a lot, just enough to check news, emails and blog. Was nice to watch Steven Colbert and Seth
Myers on You Tube before sleep, but daytime we are on deck watching nature take
its course. Seth has sent his and Carrie’s
Ak travel schedule and we have Brenna’s to help us navigate the time we have. Rainy, cool Anchorage, bad for baseball and
golf, good to keep down fires.
We pass
through beautiful vistas of tree covered fjords. As we travel further north there is still
snow at high altitudes and leftover avalanches.
The water is very calm. We are
getting dark since we are still pretty far south.
Dinner in
the formal dining room; the menu has 8 entrees, halibut and salmon, steak and
chicken 2 pasta dishes and two large entrée salads. Chuck gets the steak dinner and is pleased,
it includes side of corn and baked potato and he gets a side salad. Pat gets the Linguini Alfredo with 4 shrimp,
it’s fair nothing special and a large side salad. We try the red and white wine and both are very
good. Every table gets rolls and
butter. Chuck gets peanut butter
cheesecake. The service is very good and
friendly. No tipping allowed. Linen tablecloths and all glassware and
ceramic settings. Our table is located in the front of the large windows with a
panoramic view of the narrow water we are traveling through. A humpback whale (likely a young male) blows
out air and gives us a brief wave with his tale. We move back to our fave spot and set up our
chairs. Hard to describe the beauty and
ultimate wilderness we see. A female
humpback and calf blow hole a hello to us as they pass in the distance. The sunset is beautiful. It’s been a nice day of sailing minus the
early morning. LOL. Ketchikan in the morning. Anxious to see if we have the usual
rain. They continue to have landslides
and it seems to be something they will have to contend with.
Nighty
Night.
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