Day 9 - Glacier Bay

I woke up around 8:00am and we were in beautiful Glacier Bay. These are definitely the views you think of when you imagine Alaska. It seems as if we are the only ones in the State as we drift by several Glaciers and towering mountains on either side of the ship. Mom and I went up to the private viewing deck for the suites and watched the ice from one of the glaciers calve into the bay. It was really neat to watch. The funny thing was that you would see the ice tumble into the water and then hear what sounded like a gunshot in the distance as the ice crushed against the mountain. We ate breakfast in the courtyard again and then went back to the room to get Peyton ready to go to camp. We lounged in the room all morning while the exquisite mountains and tiny icebergs floated past our balcony.

I went to go gamble in the afternoon and finally lost all of the money I won earlier in the week! Oh well, easy come easy go. At least I came out a little better than even. The ship stopped at another iceberg that had less calving, but was still very dramatic against the swooping mountains and blue sky. As we were leaving Glacier Bay, the whales finally came out in droves. We grabbed Peyton from kid’s camp and headed to the Great Outdoors grill to get Peyton a quick bite to eat and someone claimed to see a whale. I went to look out the balcony and spotted a couple of whales playing in the distance. I saw a bunch of spouts and even one jump out of the water! Of course, I didn’t have a camera!

Peyton went back to kid’s camp and Mom and I headed back to the room to relax. I sat on the balcony to enjoy the view and then we saw about three different sets of whales around the boat. Luckily, I had my video camera ready to capture the show. It seemed like for about twenty minutes, they were everywhere. Every time I focused the camera on one area, a whale would come up in a different area! It was so exciting to watch though. There was even one very large, very vocal and very angry seal barking at the ship as it swam away.

For dinner, Karan got reservations to the Japanese restaurant for me. It was scrumptious! The shrimp were enormous and very tender while the filet melted in your mouth. The chefs were quite entertaining with the typical jokes and antics, but I thoroughly enjoyed the meal. Afterwards, I went back to the room and watched a movie with my Mom until Peyton was ready to be picked up at kid’s camp. I think we were all asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow.