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Thanks to everyone who suggested the White Pass Trail excursion. We had a beautiful, very warm day in Skagway and the trip was spectacular. Rained all day in Juneau and again in the morning in Ketchikan but that didn't stop anyone from shopping, excursions, etc.
We were under a health alert when we boarded in Vancouver and consequently because of all the precautions taken no one came down with the Virus, thank goodness. There was no self-service in any of the eating areas, including helping yourself to water, tea, coffee, etc. No salt and pepper shakers on the tables, magazines, newspapers, paperbacks, books and games were removed from the library and if you wanted plastic gloves in the Casino they were available. Sanitized wipes were available everywhere and we were told to wash our hands constantly. It certainly paid off taking these precautions.
Our last day at sea was sailing the Inner Passage and late in the afternoon we saw many pods of Orkas. In Glacier Bay there were no big ice flows so we didn't see any seals, but saw a lot of Puffins.
This was a great trip and I would do it again.
We did have a bit of fog early one evening, but it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.
On the last day sailing the Inside Passage, we ran into fog 2 times and you could hear the fog horns blowing. What an errie sound. As before, it disappeared very quickly. The Captain announced that we had fog because the water and air tempertures were the same.
I had an e-mail from the Volendam yesterday and they said they had another glorious day in Skagway, so I hope the weather holds for the next cruise, which will be the last for the Alaska season, except for a 12 day charter from San Fransisco.
I didn't have my camera with me and even if I did, I found out later in the evening that the batteries were dead and my spare ones were also dead. I must be better prepared in the future.
I will send Joe a couple of the photos I took and he can post them.
Thanks for mentioning the batteries. We leave in 3 weeks and I need to add this to the "To Do List".
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