Random thoughts from the sea
Day 10, 2024 Majestic Japan Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024; Dutch Harbor, Alaska We should have known that a 53-day cruise without a single tender port was too good to be true. A U.S. navy ship pulled rank and bumped us from today’s assigned pier in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, so we
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Day 6, 2024 Majestic Japan Friday, Sept. 6, 2024; Haines, Alaska You know what they say about best laid plans going awry. That described today for me. Nonetheless, I enjoyed myself and ended up with a watercolor to show for it. I’ve learned that Southeast Alaska rain isn’t like rain
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Day 5, 2024 Majestic Japan Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024; Sitka, Alaska We lucked out today in Sitka, Alaska, as earlier forecasts for rain today disappeared. The sun tried unsuccessfully to peek through low-hanging clouds, but for this town where it rains two out of every three days, we’ll count today
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Day 3, 2024 Majestic Japan Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024; Vancouver, BC, Canada Normally cruise ships start or end their Alaska cruises in Vancouver, so unless cruisers plan to extend their trips, they don’t see much of this beautiful city. We have the full day here, so I took advantage and
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Day 2, 2024 Majestic Japan Monday, Sept. 1, 2024; Victoria, BC, Canada What a rare treat – a full day in Victoria on a cruise! Typically, ships call here for just a couple of hours in order to satisfy the peculiarities of U.S. maritime law. We docked at 7 a.m.
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Day -1, 2024 Majestic Japan Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024; Gig Harbor, Washington I’m just about as envious as I can be, watching the sunrise from the home of dear friends Jan and Jim in Gig Harbor, just outside Seattle. What a perfect place to live! Jim was instrumental in drawing
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