June 21: Icy Strait
Well, I'll apologize for those of you following along who were waiting to see what next big adventure came today. We sailed into Icy Strait this morning early and frankly there isn't much to do here.....you could go out whale watching, but we did that in Juneau and that was a big success. But here "in town," well, check the map below and you'll see how "big" Icy Strait is.......
To be fair, it is very "traditional Alaska," and it is the "real Alaska" - that is the goal of the local population who are largely Native Americans. In fact, the port is such that only one cruise ship can dock at a time here. We didn't book an excursion in advance and planned to use today as a day to recuperate after the long travel day and then back-to-back-to-back-to-back big adventures. And tomorrow we are back at it again with a sea-plane flight-seeing excursion which takes us to our favorite stop in Alaska, the George Inlet Lodge where we will be treated to all you can eat Dungeness Crab Legs!
When we woke up this morning we were greeted with 50 degree temps and a thick blanket of fog. Kim worked out in the gym and I walked four miles around the top deck - you can see how isolated Icy Strait Point is as I took photos looking in all four directions.......
We left the ship for about an hour and walked the "Nature Trail" which looped us through the forest, and the trees were gigantic. We also stopped and watched people come down the largest zipline in North America - not for either of us!
Finally, since there wasn't much to report on today's activities I thought some might find it interesting to see the very cool balcony stateroom we have. We are located at an area of the ship where our balcony, unlike everyone else's which looks straight out, is at a triangular angle so we can see down the length of the ship in one direction and a near 180 degree panoramic view when sitting on the balcony!
When we woke up this morning we were greeted with 50 degree temps and a thick blanket of fog. Kim worked out in the gym and I walked four miles around the top deck - you can see how isolated Icy Strait Point is as I took photos looking in all four directions.......
We left the ship for about an hour and walked the "Nature Trail" which looped us through the forest, and the trees were gigantic. We also stopped and watched people come down the largest zipline in North America - not for either of us!
Finally, since there wasn't much to report on today's activities I thought some might find it interesting to see the very cool balcony stateroom we have. We are located at an area of the ship where our balcony, unlike everyone else's which looks straight out, is at a triangular angle so we can see down the length of the ship in one direction and a near 180 degree panoramic view when sitting on the balcony!
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