July 30, 2014
I know, it’s been ages since I last updated. My parents were here last week, which definitely kept me busy: work, family time, work, oh yeah I should eat, work, family time, sleep somewhere in there, friends I should hang out with them some too, work, excursion, dinner, etc, etc. My bottom bunk (since I don’t currently have a roommate) was a giant jumbled pile of clothes since I would have 2 minutes to change every time I ran to my room: work clothes, smart casual, ashore clothes, OB clothes, formalwear, pajamas, and more uniforms.
As stressful and busy as it is working with family on board, I really did enjoy it! Definitely wouldn’t like it every week, but it’s nice every once in a while.
Things have settled down(ish) now, with only one month left for me here. It’s gone by so quickly! I haven’t been able to do much of anything on my list! Hardly any hikes, and very few excursions; the next few weeks I feel are going to be very full for me trying to get stuff done!
I understand how some people could get really tired of Alaska, mainly because of the rain, definitely having a lot of rain gets you down and prevents a lot of adventures, but still, there’s just SO MUCH to possibly do when it IS sunny, that I doubt I’ll complain about coming back for a full summer contract another year (maybe not next year… I want to make it to the Baltic), maybe I’ll be able to get stuff done (and not have to work most Skagways, which is the best place to do hikes, but you need a bit of time for that, which I haven’t had, nor have I had a hiking buddy).
Anyway, this week has been my week of rest; every 7 weeks should be one of rest, right? Just like every 7 days; time to reflect, relax and appreciate everything God has given. I’m long overdue for that; I don’t think I’ve really stopped GO-ing since my vacation after the Nieuw A. It’s nice, I guess perfect timing seeing as it’s been raining the last two ports. I only got off ship in Juneau to run some errands (I needed goldfish, a Dr. Pepper, and a crepe; the essentials in life, haha), and that only took an hour. And with General Drill and Port day in Skagway, I didn’t even try to get off there. I have gotten a good bit of work stuff done. I helped Christine number and organize the programs (I kind of miss doing that, Erskine’s FAO helped me get really good at that kind of thing, and in my opinion it’s therapeutic work, simple, easy and repetitive, which sometimes I need to get my mind off all the craziness that’s going on outside. I decorated lots of letters for our kids this week as well! All my tweens, and most of the kids ones are complete, except for the actual letter-writing part; but they’re pretty! That’s the most important thing, right? Haha, it was good for me :)
Jenn is back after her short fill-in on the flagship, and we found out yesterday that Jordan got promoted to Show Host, so he’ll be leaving us in Vancouver. It seems this summer is definitely the summer of Club HAL switch-arounds, especially on this ship. I’ve never really seen it this bad with transfers and the like. Of course, it’s my first time in Alaska so it might be like this every year, and I’ve just missed it all by being in New England/Canada and the Med. So much for the idea at the beginning of the contract that we’d have a stable group in Club HAL for the entire summer… It’s almost over anyway, so I’m just going with it...
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
lunch date and Lumberjack show
July 17, 2014
I had the morning port day shift. It wasn’t too bad, a few of the kids came for Just Dance time before we arrived in port, then got picked up to go ashore. One stayed and we played Lego Star Wars for the next hour. Kayleigh and I had a lunch date planned, since we sadly haven’t gotten to see much of each other in the month and a half I’ve been back, so we met at the gangway once we both got off work and changed. It was another beautiful day out!
We met up with Alana, Christine and Curtis in my usual grassy spot and they came with us to lunch. At the restaurant, we’d ordered already when Jessica and Richard, photogs, came in, and of course we invited them to join us as well. Our table was really full and we had to pull up another chair for when Bonnie finally joined us as well! It was fun, surprisingly not everyone spent the whole time on their phones, so we got to chat and hang out, just enjoying being off the ship with friends (I was solar-powered happy, so I was jumping around a lot). It was nice. Kayleigh had to get back to work, so I walked most of the way with her, then did some shopping of my own since I’d made plans with Alana to attend the lumberjack show at 3.
I found a store that had a lot of cool things, and ended up buying some earrings (more than likely I will go back for another of the 5 pairs I was looking at as well, one pair was made of blue sea glass!). Alana and I found each other and got into the show with pretty decent seats. It was another fun hanging out time. We cheered on our team-which ended up winning- and took a lot of pictures and chatted.
We’re not the greatest friends, more like close acquaintances, but we’re closer now, and it’s good to know that if I run into her and neither of us have plans, we can do anything fun together and have a good time, without it being awkward.
I had the morning port day shift. It wasn’t too bad, a few of the kids came for Just Dance time before we arrived in port, then got picked up to go ashore. One stayed and we played Lego Star Wars for the next hour. Kayleigh and I had a lunch date planned, since we sadly haven’t gotten to see much of each other in the month and a half I’ve been back, so we met at the gangway once we both got off work and changed. It was another beautiful day out!
We met up with Alana, Christine and Curtis in my usual grassy spot and they came with us to lunch. At the restaurant, we’d ordered already when Jessica and Richard, photogs, came in, and of course we invited them to join us as well. Our table was really full and we had to pull up another chair for when Bonnie finally joined us as well! It was fun, surprisingly not everyone spent the whole time on their phones, so we got to chat and hang out, just enjoying being off the ship with friends (I was solar-powered happy, so I was jumping around a lot). It was nice. Kayleigh had to get back to work, so I walked most of the way with her, then did some shopping of my own since I’d made plans with Alana to attend the lumberjack show at 3.
I found a store that had a lot of cool things, and ended up buying some earrings (more than likely I will go back for another of the 5 pairs I was looking at as well, one pair was made of blue sea glass!). Alana and I found each other and got into the show with pretty decent seats. It was another fun hanging out time. We cheered on our team-which ended up winning- and took a lot of pictures and chatted.
waterfall in Skagway
July 15, 2014
I had today off until 8! That was really nice :) I slept in, went off the ship with Jordan before his tour with his friend, and hung out on my own for a bit, came back on the ship for a late lunch and to keep Lindsey company for the last little bit of her port day. Abrie, the techspert and I had made plans if it was nice to head out on our own photography expedition, so after his 3:30 class, we got our stuff and walked to the Gold Rush Cemetery and Lower Reid Falls just outside of town.
It was really fun actually. We had good timing because as we were walking along by the railroad tracks, all the train tours were returning, so we got some interesting pictures of the trains, and the tracks, and flowers. It was a bit longer of a walk than I was expecting, but that was probably because we stopped so often for photos. The weather was beautiful (I was in sandals!), so it was the perfect day for it.
It cooled off immensely when we arrived at the cemetery, under the cover of trees and right at the bottom of the mountain, where the wind was constantly blowing. I’m not that superstitious, but it would be really easy to believe that ghosts were wandering around the cemetery. The cool breeze, the sound of the wind through the leaves, the creaking of trees as they bent with the wind, the graves over a hundred years old…
We followed the path through the cemetery up to the waterfall. It was much colder there, a valley with no sunlight finding it’s way down into it, and of course the rushing water. We got a bit adventurous and climbed around with our cameras trying to get some interesting, atypical shots. It was fun, even if I did get muddy and slide around a few times. Nothing happened to the camera at least, jeans can be washed, but my camera is much more precious and not so easily fixed if anything happens! It was fun. It was getting late, and closer to all aboard time, so we made our way back to the ship, and I had a little bit of time to go through my pictures before I had to leave my hall before they started stripping and waxing the floor (an hour before I had to be at work :( I went instead and hung out with the kids and tweens to kill time since I couldn’t be in my room).
I had today off until 8! That was really nice :) I slept in, went off the ship with Jordan before his tour with his friend, and hung out on my own for a bit, came back on the ship for a late lunch and to keep Lindsey company for the last little bit of her port day. Abrie, the techspert and I had made plans if it was nice to head out on our own photography expedition, so after his 3:30 class, we got our stuff and walked to the Gold Rush Cemetery and Lower Reid Falls just outside of town.
It was really fun actually. We had good timing because as we were walking along by the railroad tracks, all the train tours were returning, so we got some interesting pictures of the trains, and the tracks, and flowers. It was a bit longer of a walk than I was expecting, but that was probably because we stopped so often for photos. The weather was beautiful (I was in sandals!), so it was the perfect day for it.
It cooled off immensely when we arrived at the cemetery, under the cover of trees and right at the bottom of the mountain, where the wind was constantly blowing. I’m not that superstitious, but it would be really easy to believe that ghosts were wandering around the cemetery. The cool breeze, the sound of the wind through the leaves, the creaking of trees as they bent with the wind, the graves over a hundred years old…
another rainy juneau
July 14, 2014: Juneau
I didn’t get off the ship in Vancouver, mainly because I’d been up somewhat late last night, but also I just wanted to sleep in and had Open House at 12. It would’ve been a great day to go out, but oh well. Instead, Christine and I worked Open House; we managed to watch the entire movie Planes before anyone showed up to look around and register. I’ve learned though, that the number of people that show up on the first day is absolutely no indication (at least here) of the typical numbers for the week. Only a few showed up for registration and first night activities, but a lot came the next morning for the sea day.
I’m on teens this week, there aren’t too many showing up but they’re all pretty willing willing to play whatever game I suggest; so we’ve been playing a lot of Skip-Bo, Phase 10, and MarioKart.
I worked port day today, had two kids for half an hour each, so most of the afternoon I had to myself. Since we’re writing letters to the kids, I figured I’d help out and decorate the names at the top for Jordan, since he has over 30 regulars. I put a lot more effort into that then I should probably, Christine only spends about 2 minutes per name, but I spend a minimum of 5, probably because I use a lot of colors, and write in bubble letters to fill in somehow. They look really nice though. :)
After port day, I met up with Jordan and Lindsey and the three of us got off the ship together, Jordan left us for a bit to meet up with a friend who’s on board for the week, while Lindsey and I ran some errands and hung out, which we haven’t had much of a chance to do lately and we’ve both missed it. We met up with Jordan at the Viking and pretty much hung out with crew for a while until it was time to make our way to the crepe place and back to the ship for work. I didn’t have much to do, so I hung out with the tweens and kids in the Screening Room and watched a bit of Mr. Peabody and Sherman before heading up to the Loft. My teens were rather happy it was movie night, they were all pretty tired from the day. They left not long after we finished the first movie, around 10:30. That seems to be typical of this group, which would be great if I didn’t have to stay in the Loft and close sometime after 11:30. Sitting there for an hour after everyone leaves gets a bit boring, and a bit creepy as well if we’re rocking a good amount, there’s creaks and the lights swing around. It is relaxing though, just hanging out there on my own, reading usually.
I didn’t get off the ship in Vancouver, mainly because I’d been up somewhat late last night, but also I just wanted to sleep in and had Open House at 12. It would’ve been a great day to go out, but oh well. Instead, Christine and I worked Open House; we managed to watch the entire movie Planes before anyone showed up to look around and register. I’ve learned though, that the number of people that show up on the first day is absolutely no indication (at least here) of the typical numbers for the week. Only a few showed up for registration and first night activities, but a lot came the next morning for the sea day.
I’m on teens this week, there aren’t too many showing up but they’re all pretty willing willing to play whatever game I suggest; so we’ve been playing a lot of Skip-Bo, Phase 10, and MarioKart.
I worked port day today, had two kids for half an hour each, so most of the afternoon I had to myself. Since we’re writing letters to the kids, I figured I’d help out and decorate the names at the top for Jordan, since he has over 30 regulars. I put a lot more effort into that then I should probably, Christine only spends about 2 minutes per name, but I spend a minimum of 5, probably because I use a lot of colors, and write in bubble letters to fill in somehow. They look really nice though. :)
After port day, I met up with Jordan and Lindsey and the three of us got off the ship together, Jordan left us for a bit to meet up with a friend who’s on board for the week, while Lindsey and I ran some errands and hung out, which we haven’t had much of a chance to do lately and we’ve both missed it. We met up with Jordan at the Viking and pretty much hung out with crew for a while until it was time to make our way to the crepe place and back to the ship for work. I didn’t have much to do, so I hung out with the tweens and kids in the Screening Room and watched a bit of Mr. Peabody and Sherman before heading up to the Loft. My teens were rather happy it was movie night, they were all pretty tired from the day. They left not long after we finished the first movie, around 10:30. That seems to be typical of this group, which would be great if I didn’t have to stay in the Loft and close sometime after 11:30. Sitting there for an hour after everyone leaves gets a bit boring, and a bit creepy as well if we’re rocking a good amount, there’s creaks and the lights swing around. It is relaxing though, just hanging out there on my own, reading usually.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
getting settled and maybe into a rhythm
July 9, 2014
Juneau day was pretty fun. I was asked at the OB the night before if I could be the bear for the photo department, and I agreed. So, after the morning shift of work, I grabbed a quick lunch, ran to my room to change into comfortable clothes, and met up with Jessica (the photographer) and got into the costume. It was giant on me, which was kind of entertaining because I looked like a baby bear that had just gotten out of hibernation so hadn’t eaten in ages, so skin was too big. I did help get a lot of pictures, despite the scary face of the bear costume. 3 hours of work and I get paid for it!
We got back on the tender once open tender happened, and I changed, met up with Jordan and Christine and the three of us went out together, to get crepes and then to the Viking. Movie night was kind of crazy. We were supposed to be watching Mr. Peabody and Sherman in the Screening Room, but the projector in the screening room was broken, so we had to stay in Club HAL and hope that we could get the movie from Broadcast. We finally did, and the movie was a lot shorter than we’d anticipated, so we added an extra half hour of free time at the end of the night.
I had a raft drill in the morning, which seemed to take forever, but it finally ended leaving me with about 30 minutes to relax before I had to work Port Day. It was a long port day, I got most of the kids settled in to watch a movie, but one of them just wanted to play board games with me, and only with me. At least it wasn’t too stressful, just very long. I went out and got some ice cream and finally got my pack of Dr. Pepper that I’ve somehow not bought yet.
It was beautiful weather in Glacier Bay today! I actually ended up taking off my jacket, it was that nice out, a bit chilly but the sun was out! I just wanted to stay outside the rest of the day! We had a busy busy day full of kids, we had over 30 tweens signed in at once. We were busy right at start with the Park Ranger, then a quick game, then we had to go downstairs for Kids in the Kitchen, which took a really long time since we had about 50 kids and tweens in attendance, and I had to do a lot of translating with my three French girls so they understood what was going on. I’m glad they weren’t there for the Park Ranger at least, she was talking rather fast and using quite a few words I didn’t know in French. At least the Huna lady this morning spoke somewhat slowly and had a lot of props to show and pass around amongst the kids. It’s nice being able to use my French again! :)
Juneau day was pretty fun. I was asked at the OB the night before if I could be the bear for the photo department, and I agreed. So, after the morning shift of work, I grabbed a quick lunch, ran to my room to change into comfortable clothes, and met up with Jessica (the photographer) and got into the costume. It was giant on me, which was kind of entertaining because I looked like a baby bear that had just gotten out of hibernation so hadn’t eaten in ages, so skin was too big. I did help get a lot of pictures, despite the scary face of the bear costume. 3 hours of work and I get paid for it!
We got back on the tender once open tender happened, and I changed, met up with Jordan and Christine and the three of us went out together, to get crepes and then to the Viking. Movie night was kind of crazy. We were supposed to be watching Mr. Peabody and Sherman in the Screening Room, but the projector in the screening room was broken, so we had to stay in Club HAL and hope that we could get the movie from Broadcast. We finally did, and the movie was a lot shorter than we’d anticipated, so we added an extra half hour of free time at the end of the night.
I had a raft drill in the morning, which seemed to take forever, but it finally ended leaving me with about 30 minutes to relax before I had to work Port Day. It was a long port day, I got most of the kids settled in to watch a movie, but one of them just wanted to play board games with me, and only with me. At least it wasn’t too stressful, just very long. I went out and got some ice cream and finally got my pack of Dr. Pepper that I’ve somehow not bought yet.
It was beautiful weather in Glacier Bay today! I actually ended up taking off my jacket, it was that nice out, a bit chilly but the sun was out! I just wanted to stay outside the rest of the day! We had a busy busy day full of kids, we had over 30 tweens signed in at once. We were busy right at start with the Park Ranger, then a quick game, then we had to go downstairs for Kids in the Kitchen, which took a really long time since we had about 50 kids and tweens in attendance, and I had to do a lot of translating with my three French girls so they understood what was going on. I’m glad they weren’t there for the Park Ranger at least, she was talking rather fast and using quite a few words I didn’t know in French. At least the Huna lady this morning spoke somewhat slowly and had a lot of props to show and pass around amongst the kids. It’s nice being able to use my French again! :)
uneventful 4th of July
July 5, 2014
Alana, the On location guide hosted 4th of July trivia last night, which was supposed to start at midnight, but I got off work at midnight and made it to the OB by 12:35 and they’d yet to start. It seemed like everyone was pretty frustrated by that point, Lindsey was part of a team but she and I ended up just talking until I decided it was late enough and I’d socialized enough to head to bed. Christine and I got up and got off the ship for a while together. We went shopping, got a good ship off lunch, and got internet at Starbucks since the other three were taking care of Open House today. It was nice getting to finally get off and kind of explore Vancouver.
Alana, the On location guide hosted 4th of July trivia last night, which was supposed to start at midnight, but I got off work at midnight and made it to the OB by 12:35 and they’d yet to start. It seemed like everyone was pretty frustrated by that point, Lindsey was part of a team but she and I ended up just talking until I decided it was late enough and I’d socialized enough to head to bed. Christine and I got up and got off the ship for a while together. We went shopping, got a good ship off lunch, and got internet at Starbucks since the other three were taking care of Open House today. It was nice getting to finally get off and kind of explore Vancouver.
the weeks just go by so quickly!
July 3, 2014
I’m on teens this week, much less work than last week, but I definitely have a big consistent group. They’re all very talkative and get along well together, there’s not yet been a dull moment this week in the Loft.
I was going to get off the ship with Christine this Vancouver, but we ended up not because Canadian Public Health got on board and Christine had to stay onboard in case they came to Club HAL. I ended up going back to sleep instead of going out on my own, woke up with just enough time to grab a quick lunch before heading up to Open House.
I had to work port day this Juneau. I was surprised that a lot of kids showed up. Gladly though, most of them were older and could take care of themselves for the most part. I helped one of the little ones make a lego tower and all sorts of stuff while the others played MarioKart and other video games. Jordan got back on the ship today, so he came up to visit me for a bit. We finally got to finish the movie we started before he left. Movie night with the teens was fairly quiet. They didn’t really want to do much, most went to the movie in the showroom, so we just hung out in the Loft.
Skagway, we had general drill. So confusing with the new emergency functions we have. Are we really supposed to go upstairs to Club HAL with our life jackets on for drill to freak out the children? Poorly planned procedure in my opinion; they should give us instructions for what to do in case of emergency, and what to do in case of drill, and both for when we are in- and not in-session! Because at the moment, if something happens at 3am, when we’re not in session, we all have to go to Club HAL and call the front office to tell them that there are no children there, and then stay there until they dismiss us to our rafts… actually, our function cards never actually say to go to our rafts, only to take the children to their boats! You can tell I’m not too happy about this.
Anyway, after drill, Jordan convinced me to go get lunch with him where he could watch the World Cup game. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, I’m still not really into watching sports, but luckily, Jordan is decent company even when he’s watching a game, he could watch over my head, and I could turn around and see the TV if anything interesting happened, and we talked through the whole thing as well. Since it was such a nice day, after the game was pretty much decided, we ended up going ‘hiking’ to the same trail we’d gone on my first week here (in the rain that time). It looks a lot different when it’s not slippery and cold and cloudy and covered in water. It’s an extremely easy trail, we ended up just climbing around on the rocks and enjoying the sun for a while before we had to get back to the ship for dinner and work.
I took my DSLR up to the Loft on Glacier Bay day, hoping that it’d be nice weather so I could get some good pictures, not expecting my teens to show up until the afternoon, because on Glacier Bay day, they tend to spend time outside and with their families. I was much mistaken however, as when I got to the Loft at 9:30 to drop my bag off and go outside for a few pictures, most of my teens were already there waiting on me! I pretty much spent the day inside playing cards and stuff. Not what I was expecting from the day, but at least I like this group of teens.
Ketchikan was nice, I hung out on board all morning, went to Club HAL and helped Jordan take the kids to lunch until Jenn got there, then we got off the ship, wandered around, got a milkshake and wandered back to the ship because it was raining and the rain was getting heavier the longer we were out.
I’m on teens this week, much less work than last week, but I definitely have a big consistent group. They’re all very talkative and get along well together, there’s not yet been a dull moment this week in the Loft.
I was going to get off the ship with Christine this Vancouver, but we ended up not because Canadian Public Health got on board and Christine had to stay onboard in case they came to Club HAL. I ended up going back to sleep instead of going out on my own, woke up with just enough time to grab a quick lunch before heading up to Open House.
I had to work port day this Juneau. I was surprised that a lot of kids showed up. Gladly though, most of them were older and could take care of themselves for the most part. I helped one of the little ones make a lego tower and all sorts of stuff while the others played MarioKart and other video games. Jordan got back on the ship today, so he came up to visit me for a bit. We finally got to finish the movie we started before he left. Movie night with the teens was fairly quiet. They didn’t really want to do much, most went to the movie in the showroom, so we just hung out in the Loft.
Skagway, we had general drill. So confusing with the new emergency functions we have. Are we really supposed to go upstairs to Club HAL with our life jackets on for drill to freak out the children? Poorly planned procedure in my opinion; they should give us instructions for what to do in case of emergency, and what to do in case of drill, and both for when we are in- and not in-session! Because at the moment, if something happens at 3am, when we’re not in session, we all have to go to Club HAL and call the front office to tell them that there are no children there, and then stay there until they dismiss us to our rafts… actually, our function cards never actually say to go to our rafts, only to take the children to their boats! You can tell I’m not too happy about this.
Anyway, after drill, Jordan convinced me to go get lunch with him where he could watch the World Cup game. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, I’m still not really into watching sports, but luckily, Jordan is decent company even when he’s watching a game, he could watch over my head, and I could turn around and see the TV if anything interesting happened, and we talked through the whole thing as well. Since it was such a nice day, after the game was pretty much decided, we ended up going ‘hiking’ to the same trail we’d gone on my first week here (in the rain that time). It looks a lot different when it’s not slippery and cold and cloudy and covered in water. It’s an extremely easy trail, we ended up just climbing around on the rocks and enjoying the sun for a while before we had to get back to the ship for dinner and work.
I took my DSLR up to the Loft on Glacier Bay day, hoping that it’d be nice weather so I could get some good pictures, not expecting my teens to show up until the afternoon, because on Glacier Bay day, they tend to spend time outside and with their families. I was much mistaken however, as when I got to the Loft at 9:30 to drop my bag off and go outside for a few pictures, most of my teens were already there waiting on me! I pretty much spent the day inside playing cards and stuff. Not what I was expecting from the day, but at least I like this group of teens.
Ketchikan was nice, I hung out on board all morning, went to Club HAL and helped Jordan take the kids to lunch until Jenn got there, then we got off the ship, wandered around, got a milkshake and wandered back to the ship because it was raining and the rain was getting heavier the longer we were out.
same ports, new week, but it's still pretty cool!
June 25, 2014
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It’s Glacier Bay day again. Sometimes it really just hits me how lucky I am with this job. Today, the view from my workplace included glaciers and icebergs. Even in the rain, it was pretty.
Juneau, I had to work tendering, which was rather annoying. There were too many people working it in my opinion; two people in the Northern Lights giving out tickets and holding them until the Queen’s Lounge had some space (two people there as well, waiting to dismiss to one of three escorts to take them down to the tenders). I was the escort from the Northern Lights to the Queens Lounge- down a hallway that only exited into the Queen’s Lounge. A bit pointless. I got off the ship with Megan and Christine. We went to the Viking to hang out with people from the Westerdam, since it was a few of their last weeks there and we wanted to catch up for a bit before they went their separate ways. Lindsey and I worked the free time section of the night session, and Christine came in to help about snacktime. The projector still wasn’t working, so we ended up having to use one of the side TVs to watch our movie for the night. More kids than usual showed up for that, some were disappointed at the end of free time since they were drawing or making bead buddies, so I told them they could work on their stuff during the movie.
Skagway was my port day, I met up with Christine and Megan in port after work and we wandered around town, ducking into stores to escape from the cold and wind. We headed back early because of the cold. I ended up just watching a movie in the room until dinnertime.
Glacier Bay was exciting. The Huna interpreter came to visit us at 10 (we rescheduled her last week from 9am in hopes that more kids might have), she brought a lot of stuff for the kids to see, and we learned a few words in Tlingit from her. As we dismissed, a parent came in and showed us a video they had just taken of a giant chunk calving off the glacier. It was really cool! So, Megan, Christine and I went outside to see if it might happen again. It was chilly, so we didn’t stay out for too long, just enough to get a few pictures. Just as we left, another huge chunk fell off, we caught the last of it fall into the water. Sad we missed it, but at least the parent showed us the video.
The park ranger came at 1 like usual. She had a pretty cool speech for us, about sea otters! She told us a lot about them, and even brought a fur that had been confiscated since it’s illegal to have. I actually didn’t realize that otters were so big! Nearly as big as me. And the fur is possibly the softest thing I’ve ever felt. That makes me sad, but it’s so soft…..
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It’s Glacier Bay day again. Sometimes it really just hits me how lucky I am with this job. Today, the view from my workplace included glaciers and icebergs. Even in the rain, it was pretty.
Juneau, I had to work tendering, which was rather annoying. There were too many people working it in my opinion; two people in the Northern Lights giving out tickets and holding them until the Queen’s Lounge had some space (two people there as well, waiting to dismiss to one of three escorts to take them down to the tenders). I was the escort from the Northern Lights to the Queens Lounge- down a hallway that only exited into the Queen’s Lounge. A bit pointless. I got off the ship with Megan and Christine. We went to the Viking to hang out with people from the Westerdam, since it was a few of their last weeks there and we wanted to catch up for a bit before they went their separate ways. Lindsey and I worked the free time section of the night session, and Christine came in to help about snacktime. The projector still wasn’t working, so we ended up having to use one of the side TVs to watch our movie for the night. More kids than usual showed up for that, some were disappointed at the end of free time since they were drawing or making bead buddies, so I told them they could work on their stuff during the movie.
Skagway was my port day, I met up with Christine and Megan in port after work and we wandered around town, ducking into stores to escape from the cold and wind. We headed back early because of the cold. I ended up just watching a movie in the room until dinnertime.
Glacier Bay was exciting. The Huna interpreter came to visit us at 10 (we rescheduled her last week from 9am in hopes that more kids might have), she brought a lot of stuff for the kids to see, and we learned a few words in Tlingit from her. As we dismissed, a parent came in and showed us a video they had just taken of a giant chunk calving off the glacier. It was really cool! So, Megan, Christine and I went outside to see if it might happen again. It was chilly, so we didn’t stay out for too long, just enough to get a few pictures. Just as we left, another huge chunk fell off, we caught the last of it fall into the water. Sad we missed it, but at least the parent showed us the video.
The park ranger came at 1 like usual. She had a pretty cool speech for us, about sea otters! She told us a lot about them, and even brought a fur that had been confiscated since it’s illegal to have. I actually didn’t realize that otters were so big! Nearly as big as me. And the fur is possibly the softest thing I’ve ever felt. That makes me sad, but it’s so soft…..
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