Le sigh

I'm sorry I have turned into one of those "once in a blue moon" bloggers, but my life is truly not that exciting. However, the cruise to Alaska was, so here are some of the highlights.

• We had the forwardmost cabin on deck 11 of our ship, the Sea Princess.  This meant that is was slightly more spacious, and by that I mean you could still practically touch all four walls when standing in the center of the room. I gave myself a nasty bruise on the back of my elbow while shampooing my hair because the shower was itty bitty and oddly shaped, to boot.
•  Cruising past Port Angeles, Washington and understanding why Stephenie Meyer chose the forest around that area as the setting for the Twilight series.
• The absolutely phenomenal weather that greeted us when we arrived in Victoria, BC. Also, a big thanks to the super nice Canadians who stamped our passports (because we're geeky like that).
• Who knew there was such a thing as 'Timbersports?' Yes, they may have pretended to be dumb as rocks, but they are ripped at the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show.  Sadly, our team lost. And of course, being Ketchikan, it was raining.
• Juneau was just balls out amazing. We did half the tour of the state capitol, where they let me sit in the Lieutenant Governor's chair. Then we did a helicopter tour of the area, followed by them setting us down on Mendenhall Glacier for a walkabout. We drank pure, UV filtered glacier water, and it was delicious. After that (and lunch on the ship) we did a whale-watching tour via a speedboat. We saw two humpback full-body breaches as well as the whole pod bubble-net feeding. Incredible.
• Skagway is tiny, and I wasn't feeling too great, so I just walked up to the chapel and back (stopping to shop of course). 
• Staying up almost 24 hours, then sleeping for two, getting up to see the Tracy Arm Fjord, and going back to sleep until 3pm.

After that we had two days at sea filled with trivia, BINGO, reading, and utter nonsense. It was a good time. See the pictures on Facebook.