Juneau and the mountains
May. 20th, 2013 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indigo_rose99I woke up at about 4:40am. Which turned out to be a good thing, as the note Dad left outside our door still left us time to run, shower, and meet him to watch the ship go through Tracy Arm Fjord. Which I'd never heard of, but indications were that we should be prepared with cameras.
I would have called it a river, with spectacular mountains on both sides. We took hundreds of pictures, T enjoyed his spiffy binoculars. The ship lingered to give us time to take the pictures. We even saw bald eagles! Dad was in picture-taking heaven. I think I caught a few of him in his element.
Then we anchored in Juneau. Surrounded by snow-covered mountains. Dad had bought us all tram tickets to the top of one of those mountains. More spectacular views! Clearly Dad's happy place.
My only complaint on this trip is that we are not getting to meet other people at meals. Our fancy class cabin lets us eat at a table (just the three of us) any time in the breakfast or dinner hours... But I miss the conversation with strangers. I know, it seems unlikely with anti-social me! But I want to meet strangers in a conversational environment in which we are not competing for something, which meals serve nicely.
I would have called it a river, with spectacular mountains on both sides. We took hundreds of pictures, T enjoyed his spiffy binoculars. The ship lingered to give us time to take the pictures. We even saw bald eagles! Dad was in picture-taking heaven. I think I caught a few of him in his element.
Then we anchored in Juneau. Surrounded by snow-covered mountains. Dad had bought us all tram tickets to the top of one of those mountains. More spectacular views! Clearly Dad's happy place.
My only complaint on this trip is that we are not getting to meet other people at meals. Our fancy class cabin lets us eat at a table (just the three of us) any time in the breakfast or dinner hours... But I miss the conversation with strangers. I know, it seems unlikely with anti-social me! But I want to meet strangers in a conversational environment in which we are not competing for something, which meals serve nicely.
