Alaskan Cruise, Thursday am, Aug. 14

I thought I would write up an occasional report on our Alaskan Cruise so that you can live vicariously through us.

Our day began at 2:30 am yesterday. We stayed near the airport due to a 6:20 am flight. We flew about 3 hours to Seattle. Then, after a 1 hour layover, another 3:30 hours to Anchorage. After a 1 hour wait, a 2 1/2 hour scenic bus ride to the ship. A long trip, but it went very smoothly and quickly. The bus ride was pretty amazing.

We are on Regent Seas, a smaller ship that only accommodates 700 passengers. Each room has its own balcony, which is nice. We departed at 6:00 pm Alaska time. It is now 10 am. We have been rockin' and rollin' since the moment we left. While working out this morning (an interesting experience with the ship lunging and bouncing) I asked one of the staff if this was normal. She said that normally she sleeps through the night. Last night the rocking woke her up. So we're having some fun. Thank goodness for Dramamine. (We took the advice of others and started taking it two days before the trip.)

Sitting in the room seems to be the most stable, if stable is even a word in this water. I tried to take in a lecture this morning but the rolling in the theater was way too intense for me. Jan stayed. And she's usually the queasy one on these kinds of waters.

We've been able to eat ok. Just trying to keep our balance (try taking a shower in this stuff!)

So...hopefully we're getting it out of its system.

Doesn't this make you want to cruise? :)

We saw some beautiful stuff early on last night. A big glacier tour awaits us today, weather permitting.

It's quite an adventure!

More to come.