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Heading Home

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Today we had to disembark so we were up early again. We are trying out the port valet that the Seattle port offers. I really hope it works out! Our bags are being delivered from our ship to the airport and onto our destination in Chicago.

Kelsey, Jared, and Adeline had a 12:30 flight so they headed to the airport. We went to the Museum of Flight with my parents and Estelle. It was pretty cool; there was a lot to look at. Lucas loved it. We left for airport around 12 because Estelle had a flight at 2:30. Ours was supposed to be at 3 but it was delayed until 6:45 pm. We had lunch at the airport and just hung out. We got some good seats while my dad and Don finished paying the bill at the restaurant. Lucas kept checking on them and at one time he came to me and said this: “now they are just playing with credit cards. You won’t believe this. This has never happened here or at home, but Dia just busted out the receipt”.  Later I found out that the paper from the receipt thing popped open. Lucas napped a lot at the airport. I saw my director, Zeh, at the airport! We finally got home to our place around 3 am. My parents spent the night because it was so late. It was a fantastic vacation. I can’t wait to go again.

Also the port valet from Seattle to Chicago was awesome—highly recommend!!

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Victoria, British Columbia

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We woke up early again and got coffee in room. Then we had breakfast at the buffet. Lucas decided to go to the kid’s club. We went back and packed because we have to be packed before dinner.

I got Lucas around 11 from the kid’s club and took him to the pool. Everett and his parents, Jessica and Travis, were there. There was a Dance Party, and they brought hula hoops for the kids to play with in pool. Kelsey, Jared, my dad and I went to the hot tub. Then we all decided to go to the pool in back of ship. Lucas and Everett held hands on the way. Lucas told him, “be careful there’s a lot a smokers”, when we walked past the smoking section.

We were so glad we went because there were tons of orcas and humpbacks. It was crazy and amazing! We stayed at this pool all afternoon. The kids ate pizza and we all talked.

Then we went to dinner at 4:30 because we could disembark at Victoria at 7. We got off and walked to Fisherman Wharf Park. Then we took a water taxi to see the downtown buildings. After walking around for a bit and taking pictures we took a bus back to the port.  It had gotten really cold! Lucas was exhausted from all the swimming and staying out late. He fell asleep around 9:45.

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Second Day At Sea

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Today I had to wake up at 3 am to request time off for December from work. I went back to bed but still woke up early. We have woken up early every day this trip. I don’t know if it’s the time change or just the excitement of not wanting to miss anything. We had coffee sent to the room again and then we went for breakfast.

After breakfast Lucas and I went to mini golf and basketball. I tried to get him to go to the kids club but he said he didn’t want to. We had the kitchen tour at 10. It was a bit disappointing to see another family were on the tour with us. The chef had made it seem it was just us. The tour was good but with the large group it was hard to hear what was being said most of the time. There were a few little desserts we could try. It was a cool experience.

Afterwards we went to the pool and hot tub with Kelsey and Jared.  It was chilly outside. At 1:15 Don, Lucas and I went to scavenger hunt. It was pretty fun. Then we went to the pool again. Don and I didn’t even get in, we just sat and relaxed while Lucas made friends with another boy named Everett. They said they usually go to kid’s club then pool. So hopefully that’s the plan for tomorrow.

During dinner we had the celebration that the chef had planned. He had made us a cake that said happy birthday and happy anniversary. It was good and we were all stuffed. This past week Adeline had been getting blueberries and Lucas had been getting raspberries before dinner. They would bring them whole bowls of these fruits, until tonight. They told Lucas they needed raspberries for the desserts tonight. So Lucas got cut off from raspberries!

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Mendenhall Glacier

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Today we woke up a little bit before 5. We had left our balcony curtain open and there was a giant mountain with snow right outside. I went out onto our balcony and it was very cold! I tried to be quiet to not wake Lucas, but he was up. The views of the mountains, water, little icebergs, and waterfalls were amazing. We had ordered room service, but it never got here so we went to the buffet for breakfast.

After breakfast we went to the “secret deck” Don found on the back of deck 7. It was pretty awesome. We took my parents there and took pictures.

Then we went back to the room to get ready for our excursion. Lucas started watching a movie and I wanted to see the naturalist talk about Alaskan wildlife. The talk was really good. I learned some stuff about orca. After the talk I went back to the room to get ready. Lucas looked very tired. I got him some pizza for a snack.

We got off the ship at Juneau and walked around a bit. We had to meet for our Mendenhall Glacier salmon bake excursion. First, we took our bus to a salmon hatchery. There were so many salmon it was crazy! There were a couple of tanks that had starfish, crabs, sea anemones, etc. that you could touch. Lucas loved watching the salmon in the salmon ladder. We then got back on the bus to go to Mendenhall Glacier. On the ride I heard Lucas and Don say, “there’s a bear!”. I looked out the window to see a small brown bear running through a field.

Once we got to Mendenhall Glacier we did the 20 minute photo loop. It was a small, easy hike to take pictures along the way. The Glacier looked really awesome. Lucas was climbing rocks all over, it was making me nervous. Inside the visitor center Lucas quickly did a junior ranger activity. He got 2 patches. Then we had to get back on the bus to go to the salmon bake. We saw a bald eagle on the way.

The salmon bake place was so cute. There were picnic tables with cute lights. There was a buffet and unlimited salmon. The food was good. After we ate, we took a short walk to see a waterfall. We saw a couple of salmon in the water. Lucas had his boots on so he was pushing the limits of how far he could go into the river. There was a station where you could pan for gold. Lucas did that for a bit. Then we made our way to the waterfall. Lucas took a fall but was luckily OK. Then he had the biggest meltdown I’ve seen in a long time. Maybe his biggest ever. He hit me, screamed, cried, and drug his feet on the ground. Honestly at this time I’m unsure of what triggered this. It was terrible. We walked back in a tantrum the whole way and then we got the bus back to the port. We even missed out on marshmallow roasting. Lucas was a terror for pretty much the rest of the night. The rest of the group rode the tram in Juneau. We went inside to bed.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

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We woke up around 5:30 today. It’s really hard to sleep in. We went to our balcony and had coffee again for a bit. We had our first look at the town of Ketchikan. Then we went up to the buffet for breakfast.

After the buffet we got ready to get off the ship. The town of Ketchikan was beautiful. We walked from our port to where the lumberjack show was. It was about a 15 minute walk.

The lumberjack show was really entertaining. I think Lucas and even Adeline liked it. It was cool to see what these guys could do. My dad almost got hit by a flying piece of wood.

After the show we walked around the town and checked out Creek Street. We got a few souvenirs and then we headed back. The weather was beautiful, almost 70 and sunny. It felt hot!

Once back on the ship we hung out in our room and balcony. I really wanted to see the ship start moving to see the scenery. It was beautiful and the weather was still amazing. My sister and Jared came over to hang out while Adeline napped. Then we walked around until dinner. Lucas wore his new monster slipper boots.

Dinner was good. Lucas had spaghetti and meatballs with veggies. Don and I had steaks. The chef made us a Filipino soup and dessert. After dinner we walked up to deck 16 because a naturalist was talking about wildlife. We saw sea lions and orcas. It started raining and Lucas was cold, so we went back to our room. The scenery we saw from the boat was unbelievable.