Alaska, Day Three

Sunday was our first Day at Sea. I woke up WAY too early (there’s just something unconscionable about a 4:20 sunrise…..), finally got my eye mask about 5:00, then promptly fell asleep without realizing it, so when Peter got up around 7:30 I asked him what in the world he was doing awake at 5 am! Needless to say, he found that hysterical.

We dozed a bit, blogged a bit (OK, so that was me), and finally had breakfast on the Lido Deck (SO Love Boat) around 9. After that, Dad walked on the Promenade deck, while the kids and I explored the ship. We showed Grace the back of the ship off the Promenade deck where you can see the wake of the ship, and checked out the big navigation map with the ship’s position, where we’ve been, where we’re going, sunrise and set info, air temperature, and water temperature of both the ocean (cold) and the pools (warm!)

We eventually and eventually wound our way up to the Sports Deck, where there was a football toss. If you could throw a football and hit certain parts of a basketball backboard, you could earn “Dam” Dollars, which can be redeemed in Ketchikan for ship’s merchandist (I badly want a shirt that says “Dam Ships”). Unfortunately, the kids could participate, but not earn Dam Dollars. Bummer, because Peter did really well! I hit a corner of the backboard a couple of times, though, and earned 6 DDs.
After that we mainly piddled around. The kids, Dad and Trina went to a high tea, which they enjoyed, then last night was one of our formal nights, so we all got dressed up for dinner. Lots of fun, and the kids and I went to a portrait sitting while we were all in our finery, and then, of course, there was the Captain’s Toast!