August 21, 2016

August 21, 2016

Today is a travel day.  And this is the kind of travel day anybody would like.  Not only are we letting somebody else do the driving, we are being pampered on the way. This is a sea day with our ship cruising north along the British Columbia coastline.  It was very relaxing, getting up late, having coffee delivered to our stateroom, reading the newspaper, and doing the Sunday Times Crossword. Interestingly the theme of the puzzle was the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.  That is the main reason I chose this 7-day cruise through the Alaskan panhandle for our anniversary.  The Inner Passage has three National Park sites. Our first Alaskan cruise twelve years ago stopped at one, and this ship is the only one that visits the other two.

After a great breakfast, we were hoping to whale watch from the deck.  Unfortunately we are taking the open ocean route wide of Victoria Island and no marine life is to be seen. Instead we join a beer tasting event hosted by the Alaskan Beer Brewery. We also watched a short documentary about the Tlingit native people of Southeast Alaska and their efforts to maintain their dying language and culture.  Not surprisingly Tlingit youngsters are showing no interest in maintaining their ancestor’s Stone-Age arts.

After dinner we watched a dance and music variety show and then to complete the day, we were rewarded with a beautiful Sunset.