Shipboard life is strange: you get into the habit of 3 big meals a day and rushing from one activity to the next. I liked America’s Test Kitchen, based on a PBS tv series, where a lady cooks simple dishes.
David liked the lectures eg how to use binoculars (there was a pair in our cabin) and a talk by the captain on how to steer the ship. Next stop was Skagway, a 100 year old town all on boardwalks and more shops. Best quilting shop I’ve ever seen and if it hadn’t been all Alaskan themed I might have been tempted. Every second shop is a jewellery shop and they really push Tanzanite, a beautiful blue gemstone in elaborate settings. We were told the stores are owned by Indian Indians who close up at the end of summer and start all over again in the Caribbean.
This time we bought crab picks, hoping someone different would be on the scanner back at the ship, but they didn’t care. My photo above was taken early in the day before the other 3 cruise ships disgorged their passengers. Many of our Gippsland Travel group did day trips on the train from here.
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