The good weather is still holding in for us, yesterday’s Glacier Bay was a bit dark and dreary, but that’s actually good glacier viewing weather so despite the rain most of the guests were happy.
We have once again entered the territory of ‘oil and water’ cruising, the guests have paid less and somehow that makes them more demanding. I can’t count the number of bizarre internet complaints I’ve had so far this week. In fact , it’s just been a crazy week in general, people getting sick, people leaving the ship unexpectedly, people getting squashed in tug-of-war (that last one is a long story, but she’s going to be fine), unexpected room changes, panicked corporate visits. I think we’ll all be pleased when this week is done.
In all honesty I am so exhausted that I crawl into bed at night, with every intention of just taking a short nap, and pass out cold with no recollection of doing so. If I do dream, I have no memory of it come morning. I suppose that kind of sleep is good for you once in a while.
But only 9 days left. And it appears that Alaska is trying to at least give me nice weather for my final few days with her. Ketchikan today is very nearly shorts and t-shirt weather, for two weeks now we’ve had almost nothing but sunshine. I keep feeling like I’ve stepped into an alternate dimension, one that doesn’t at all line up with my normal vision of “the rainiest city in Alaska”.
Not that any of us are complaining of course…just slightly confused by the strange orange globe in the sky.