Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Alaskan Cruise Vacay Day 10: Last day at sea 070717

As it is our last day on this boat, we decided to try and do some of the activities today. We woke up and find out we missed the activity as we crossed a time zone and lost an hour over night. So we go grab some breakfast and get our bags packed and get everything ready for disembarkation per the ships instructions then go to a camera demonstration.
Mountains on Mountains. Lovely blue view to start our final day.

Canadian outpost. Kind of a cool little island outpost.
Just a beautiful pic.

Some more scenery I will never grow tired of.

There were some of these little dudes jumping around in the water.



Breaching the surface. See this all the time with boats, guess they love this kind of thing.

 Couple dolphins jumping alongside the boat


Saw an Orca just swimming along the coast.  
As we were running around the boat looking at all the wildlife, we stumbled upon the boat we saw earlier in the trip. This is where they store it in case anyone was wondering.
Amazing mountain landscapes if I say so myself.

Without taking pictures and really experimenting with the camera, the demonstration was kinda useless (though it did have some helpful tidbits for a novice like myself). We then go to another wine tasting which was similar to the one a few days ago, and then hit up the happy hour raffle happy hour (each happy hour they would give you tickets for a raffle later in the week to win things - it took place during a happy hour); we did not win. Have a drink to celebrate losing then head towards the dining room once it opens for dinner. Sit at a 2 person table but the tables are close and wind up talking to these people next to us; one thing leads to the next and I come to find out she is the aunt of a friend I met in Cambodia 2 years earlier. We talk for a while longer  and then finish our dinners and head onto the balcony to check out the porpoises and orcas swimming nearby. After enjoying some of the outside air, we go in to finish the cruise like we started it, watching rhapsody and enjoying the final happy hour. They take a break so we go outside to take in the full moon and then go back inside to finish their segment. After that we go check out Jere Ring play some tunes and entertain on the piano (apparently he used to play with some hot shots in the music business). He was really good/funny and I am kinda disappointed we waited till the final night to see him as I am pretty sure I would have been there every night he played if I knew about it sooner. Go back to see if rhapsody is playing a later segment, and turns out it is a dj playing club music with a bunch of teens dancing. We quickly run the other direction and head to bed as next day is an early one.
Those are some delicate shades right there. Wonder what itll look like in a little bit.
I enjoy the many things happening in this pic (soft ripples, streaks in the sky, color gradations, etc.)
Such a colorful/beautiful sky.
Beautiful moon over the mountain. 
Hey there moon man.
Was nice that the first night it actually got dark, dark, there was a full moon to enjoy.
Watching Jere Ring do his thing on the piano.

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