I haven’t posted all week because my family was on board for my last week! My mom and her friend from work, and my cousin and here mom were passengers on the Infinity this week. We had a great time. They were wined & dined: dinner with the Captain, a private tour of the navigational bridge, chocolate-covered strawberries deliver to their stateroom…it was pretty wonderful.
In Ketchikan, we experienced the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show…quite the experience. Timbering is a world-famous sport out here, and the show the put on is pretty entertaining. We had beautiful weather in Ketchikan and did a lot of shopping & enjoyed the picturesque scenery. The salmon were jumping like crazy this week! It’s a pretty cool thing to see.
In Juneau, we took a bus to the Mendenhall Glacier, which is spectacular. We got pretty close to the glacier, and got to see the surrounding waterfall and icebergs in the water. The glacier is receding at unbelievably high rates, we learned.
In Skagway, we took an amazing helicopter ride! It’s about a 15 minute flight around Skagway, and we got incredibly close to a handful of gorgeous glaciers. It was sunny when we left the ground, but where we were flying it was raining! We also saw a gorgeous rainbow – the view from that perspective is so spectacular.
Overall, we had great weather and a wonderful week!
These past 6 weeks have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I’m so grateful to have visited this beautiful state and to have met some wonderful people. And now for the re-cap:
Things I’ll miss:
Ready-made salad bar
Half-price off everything
Charging everything to your crew card
The whole world being a 5 minute walk away
Waking up in a different city/state/country every day
Sailing through breathtaking glaciers
The awesome staff members
18 hours of daylight
Victoria, British Columbia
Things I won’t miss:
Changing time zones twice a week
Seasickness
No internet
Roaming charges
Alaskan winds
My 100 square foot cabin
Having to wear my uniform (and nametag) at all times
I’m SO excited to get back to NYC: I have rehearsal at 10AM tomorrow! Yikes. Thanks for reading sailingwithsarah – I’ve had a lot of fun living and chronicling my adventures. I’ll probably close up this blog and perhaps start another one…who knows, I’ve fallen in love with blogging! Love from Seattle for the last time…
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