Glaciers glaciers everywhere! The day was so sunny and perfect, I couldn’t help but take some pictures, not too many! This is about the fourth time I have been here and it is so different every time.
Kids. Like I said earlier, we haven’t really cruised with kids before. At first it seemed like it would be fun and kind of nice. Us old peeps like kids, right? And at first we did enjoy them.
But, as time has passed, the kids have found like aged kids onboard, and formed roving little gangs. The worst of them are the ones that are just barely old enough for some freedom from parental supervision now and then, but definitely not old enough to be aware of how loud and uncontrolled they are. And the worst of them have THOSE parents, you know. He is completely absent, probably in the casino or a bar. She has long dirty blond hair, scrawny skinny, indeterminate age between 38 and 47, baseball cap on (a particular peeve of mine...I hate baseball caps on women), laughs too loud.....and totally ignores her kids.
Today, this was the exact scenario, but at the pool. There was a little band of brothers, four to be exact, aged about 10 to 13 yrs old. And they were breaking every listed and some that were not, rule in the book. Screaming, running, jumping, canonballing and getting everyone wet, shoving, landing on old people in the pool...etc...and where is dad and mom?...well mom is sitting in a deck chair, all bundled up, with her back to the little blighters. The crew finally strong armed them out of the pool, pissing mom right off. One of the kids took huge exception to being booted out and ran off yelling, and smacked right into a very old oblivious tan panted man. And knocked him right on his ass. I couldn’t believe it!! Now the mother starts screaming at her kid. A little late lady!..We all helped the old guy up off the floor and into a chair. He was okay, just a little shocked. And guess what? The Captain came and took the boys aside and had a stern talking to the kids. I was impressed with that.
Today was a truly beautiful sight for the eyes. The glaciers were all blue and glistening and there was livestock riding on the broken off pieces, floating around. When the glacier calved, it truly sounded like canon going off! Then a huge splash and a collective “oh my God!!!” from 3,000 people. So cool. We had rangers on board describing and explaining every step of the way. And the whales were breaching and dancing in droves. These are the exact same whales that we see off Lahaina...the ranger even stated that.
Tomorrow is another glacier float around day. We also have to pack up our bags and get organized. The day after tomorrow we get off the boat, go to Anchorage and then take a train into Denali park for a night. Love those train rides! TTYL
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