Tales of a Shoebox Princess

When we got back to the ship after our excursion, we went to the "see sled dog puppies" event  in the piazza. It was packed so we got a spot at the railing on the 3rd floor up from the piazza. The guy has won an Iditarod and raises sled dogs. His wife also races. She's from Minnesota! Mmmmm crepe with fixins in the buffet After dinner we went to an 80s Challenge. I did OK.  The girls were no help with the 80s trivia. After the 80s challenge, we decided to do another round of pub trivia in the Wheelhouse lounge. We'd been there twice before and enjoyed it. Off we went. What transpired there will live in my memory as one of the highlights of the whole cruise. We walked in, sat down up front so we could see the host (who, incidentally was the host of the 80s Challenge). We got our pencil and paper and were ready to only get a few answers right. The host announced that they were doing something different, that it would be a themed pub trivia and the theme was (pause) The ...

 Still at the suspension bridge. I was up on a platform checking out the area, and the two girls had gone down the stairs. I watched them standing slightly apart, twisting back and forth, flinging their arms out at each other, acting like they were 8 years old instead of 35 and 28. I don't think they knew I was watching and taking pictures. I almost yelled, "Girls, leave each other alone. Quit bothering your sister!" but I refrained because I was pretty sure they weren't actually bothering each other.  Back on the suspension bridge because we wanted to visit the gift shop and get some food and souvenirs. Hayley off in the distance blocking the way for the rest of us So we had just a few minutes at the gift shop. I got some Canadian candy bars (you'll see pictures later) and Katie got some chili and a biscuit. I went into the other gift shop and purchased some post cards and stamps. I quickly wrote out the postcards to my sister and mother and stuffed them in the p...

Our third port was Skagway, which isn't much of a town. I didn't even take pictures of getting off the ship. I'm trying to remember what it looked like, and I can't. I'll need to see if Katie or Hayley took any photos. I'm pretty sure we had brekky in the buffet because one of the other days we ordered room service breakfast and they brought lots of the wrong things and wouldn't deliver if we weren't in the room, which we weren't and it was a whole issue and we weren't doing that again. So I think we got up early to make sure we ate what we wanted relatively quickly and then headed off the ship to catch our bus up into Canada.  The tour guide pointed out various points of interest on they way, including a giant T-Rex made of who-knows-what that was in a parade several years ago and now resides in someone's yard. He also pointed out that the town charter stipulated that for every bar in town there must be a church--or maybe that was the Juneau...

 The waterfalls are really called Nugget Falls, which led to us calling it Nuggie Falls, and then because of "chicky tendies" being "chicky nuggies," we called it Tendie Falls. Because we are infants. Such a nice little mile walk Needs more benches though so one can sit and stare at the snow covered mountains (and rest one's weary back and knees, especially if one is old) Hayley saying "leedleleedleleedle" and Katie posing nicely in her poncho Everything was nice and mossy and wet We are getting closer to the falls What a nice feature that there is a big viewing area just to look at the falls! It just needs a chair for me to sit on. Leetle teeny tiny iceberg Album cover Not album cover The glacier looks so far away But with zoom capabilities, it's right there! Tendie Falls. The walk back to the nature center was wet. Hayley ran up ahead, and I very slowly made my way back with Katie. I had to sit a couple of times, and I was very glad to have been ...