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…..