Whittier, Alaska

Saturday June 9th, Today was our day in Whittier, Alaska. We actually docked at midnight last night. Passengers who are doing the 7 day cruie have to disembark this morning. We are so glad it is not us. We are not ready to go home. We had breakfast in the dining room and we met Marion and Joan there. After a visit Marion asked if I would use my netbook to recharge his I-Pod. Ken and I walked the stairs and they met us in our room. The steward arrived with our new mini bar set up. We still have all of the last one left so we are going to have to do some drinking on this leg of the cruise. We were visiting and having great time when we realized that we had to go to Club Fusion to register our new cruise card. In the process of doing that we met Wayne and Carol. Marion and Joan agreed to show Carol their suite. We were invited to come along. It is the same as the suite that Wayne and Carol had for that one night. We visited with them and soon it was time to go for lunch. We ate at Horizon Court and then came back to the room to write Recognition card for our favorite staff and check our account etc. After a nap we dressed for dinner and went up to Skywalkers for a cocktail. I had a Blue Hawaiian and Ken had a Mai Tai. When we went to dinner we discovered that it was open dining tonight. Wayne and Carol are now at our table, number 69 and we are not sure who else will be eating with us. We will be disappointed if our other table mates have been moved. Hopefully we will also be moved to a table for eight. They were so much fun we would hate to lose any of them. There are a lot of newbies on board and it is fun to listen to their comments and queries. I know we sounded the same on our first cruise. The sun has broken through and the sun on the snow is magnificent. I don’t know if I have even seen snow looking so wonderful. We invited Wayne and Carol to our room and the four of us sat and watched for well over an hour. We were absolutely spell bound by the beauty. Joan and Marion show off their fruit basket! The natural beauty defies description!