Alaska Cruise- Day 7 & 8

This was mainly a sea day as it was 675 miles from Ketchikan to Victoria which was our next destination. We had a rough night with the waves and wind but today the sky was clear and it was sunny.
We went to various activities such as trivia contest and watched cooking demonstrations and even went into the ship's galley to see where they prepare the food. To give an idea of what it takes there is an average of 110 tons of food on board for a seven day trip. There is about 3 tons of fruits and over three tons of meat served each day. The poor people in Skagway get a grocery delivery once a week. Our driver told us once no bananas came so he drove to Whitehorse in the Yukon, which is a three hour drive one way, to get bananas. We had them whenever we wanted them on the ship.  They also wash about 91,000 dishes and glasses a day. That is a pretty amazing feat.

 In the afternoon we set outside and most everyone watched the movie or looked at the ocean and the islands that we were traveling between.



The photo on the right is the main lobby where there always seemed to be something going on. We had our last dinner on the ship and had a group picture with our waiter Ador and Mara. Ador had just got back from the Philippines visiting his family and now would be working on the ship for 8 months until he could go back home and see his wife and children again. He has been doing this for ten years.

After dinner we came to Victoria however this picture is the closest we got to it. There was a problem with the ships thrusters which help it in docking and with the wind at the dock the captain was not going to risk having a mishap so we stayed anchored off the city for awhile. You could also see from the deck the Olympic Mountain Range of Washington.

That evening we listened to a band and then played name that tune. The it was time to go back to our cabin that had slept Maddie, Nancy, Cindy and Greg and pack up everything.

The next morning we were in Seattle. We had traveled 2,293 miles on our trip on the ship in the seven days and were now back where we started. We had breakfast and then went to a lounge and waited for our number to be called. Once it was called we made our final walk down promenade deck 7. It was a sad time to think our trip was over.

We got our luggage and then went outside to wait while I went to get the van that was parked two miles away in an LDS ward house parking lot. I got back and everyone but Nancy got in the van and I drove them to downtown Seattle to Pikes Market. They got out and saw the sights and I went back and got Nancy and all the luggage then we drove around Seattle. Everyone else took the train from downtown to the airport without the luggage and I drove the van full of luggage. It worked much smoother this time and we had plenty of time to catch our flight and return home. It was a fun family vacation for the ten of us.