At Sea: Alaska Day 8

It’s hard to believe today is already the last day of the cruise. Ketchikan was our last day in port so today was spent entirely at sea on our way to Vancouver where we will disembark early tomorrow morning.

Unfortuantely because it apparently takes years to get a passport renewed, we will have to take a bus from Vancouver to Seattle and fly home from there because you are only allowed to cross the Canadian border without a passport by land if you have a driver's license and birth certificate!

Fortunately we caught some sun today so we were actually able to lay out on the top deck and catch some rays. We also passed a pod of Humpback whales, at least 10 or 15 that put on quite a show, with several breaching, showing their fins and their tails.

We also made use of the remaining punches on James’ ice cream card and had quite a lot of ice-cream to ease the knowledge that the cruise is coming to an end.

Unfortunately I never exchanged contact information with the people I met on this cruise so they will drift back out of my life as quickly as they drifted in.

Overall the cruise was great! I would definitely like to come back to Alaska again someday and for a longer stay!