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The Captain made an announcement soon after we turned around. I did not catch it at first either. 

I am late but I so love that you took the duck boat tour in Boston! I lived in MA for a few of my elementary school years and loved going on field trips to Boston and Plymouth Plantation. As an adult, I’ve been back to visit family several times and I finally got my duck boat ride years ago on my 31st-ish birthday. Even though I am way too old, the operator let me “drive" too because I said I had been clamoring to go on one since I was a kid! 😂 🦆
Your beautiful pics are making me think I need an East Coast/Canada cruise in my future! 

Confirmed we turned back due to thick fog in Endicott Arm but we will be getting to Juneau 2.5 hours early which is a nice trade off. 
Every direction is so gorgeous! 
 






 

In other HOT news this morning, Solarium Bistro has REAL Huy Fong Sriracha! For a true fan this was shocking as they have been sold out everywhere for 6 months due to drought/lack of production. 

 

Confirmed we turned back due to thick fog in Endicott Arm but we will be getting to Juneau 2.5 hours early which is a nice trade off. 
Every direction is so gorgeous! 
 






 

In other HOT news this morning, Solarium Bistro has REAL Huy Fong Sriracha! For a true fan this was shocking as they have been sold out everywhere for 6 months due to drought/lack of production. 

 

Confirmed we turned back due to thick fog in Endicott Arm but we will be getting to Juneau 2.5 hours early which is a nice trade off. 
Every direction is so gorgeous! 
 






 

In other HOT news this morning, Solarium Bistro has REAL Huy Fong Sriracha! For a true fan this was shocking as they have been sold out everywhere for 6 months due to drought/lack of production. 

 

Saw exactly 1 iceberg in Endicott Arm before we turned around and started leaving! @deButler Did you hear any announcements this morning? I have been listening for them! Looks pretty foggy so that must be why we turned back early. 

Confirmed we turned back due to thick fog in Endicott Arm but we will be getting to Juneau 2.5 hours early which is a nice trade off. 
Every direction is so gorgeous! 
 






 

In other HOT news this morning, Solarium Bistro has REAL Huy Fong Sriracha! For a true fan this was shocking as they have been sold out everywhere for 6 months due to drought/lack of production. 

 

Saw exactly 1 iceberg in Endicott Arm before we turned around and started leaving! @deButler Did you hear any announcements this morning? I have been listening for them! Looks pretty foggy so that must be why we turned back early. 

Confirmed we turned back due to thick fog in Endicott Arm but we will be getting to Juneau 2.5 hours early which is a nice trade off. 
Every direction is so gorgeous! 
 






 

In other HOT news this morning, Solarium Bistro has REAL Huy Fong Sriracha! For a true fan this was shocking as they have been sold out everywhere for 6 months due to drought/lack of production. 

 

Saw exactly 1 iceberg in Endicott Arm before we turned around and started leaving! @deButler Did you hear any announcements this morning? I have been listening for them! Looks pretty foggy so that must be why we turned back early. 

Saw exactly 1 iceberg in Endicott Arm before we turned around and started leaving! @deButler Did you hear any announcements this morning? I have been listening for them! Looks pretty foggy so that must be why we turned back early. 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

Saw exactly 1 iceberg in Endicott Arm before we turned around and started leaving! @deButler Did you hear any announcements this morning? I have been listening for them! Looks pretty foggy so that must be why we turned back early. 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

Loved Sitka!! As @deButler mentioned, getting off and to town was rough! Mostly because of my lack of shuttle tickets, but we made it finally around 12 after being fully ready to disembark at 9.
Sitka was so gorgeous! Mist sitting on all the tree tops, some snow still on the mountains. Critter tally jumped up to 3 eagles, 2 otters, 10 harbor seals and countless grey and humpback whales on our tour. We went deep into Sitka sound on a hunt for bears but I missed the rough outline of a mom and cubs some were able to spot. 
Driving into town from the cruise pier.










We were ablento walk the Totem trail in Sitka National Historic Park before our tour, seeing the lush natural rainforest was lovely. 



Looking back at the bridge from an earlier photo.

 

The salmon were jumping everywhere! 

Captain Gary was able to drop us back off at the dock where Quantum was parked, so we didn’t have to wait in the shuttle line to come back which was nice. I missed seeing the downtown, we will have to come back! That Russian church looks so picturesque. 😍
 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

We were in Icy Strait Point today, rained all day and was verrrryyy happy to be dressed in my swishy waterproof pants and raincoat. We even found that our water backpacks (knock off Camelbaks) from Amazon came with a rain cover so we were fully prepared to be wet all day. 
Our early morning whale watch was cancelled (small craft advisory) but we were able to jump on the same tour at 11:30am instead. While we waited we walked the ISP area and rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain. 






While there was no view due to thick fog, we were able to walk the hidden lake trail and spotted a mama bear and her cub!! The ISP employee nearby told us to book it but it was so cool to be able to check wild bears off my list. 


There are bears in this pic but not sure how easy they are to make out, I only ended up with a video that really captured them.




We walked back to the excursion hub and were shuttled to Hoonah to catch our boat. 



This tour was leagues better than the one yesterday, thinking it was mostly Paul, the guide we had! 
We got back on the ship around 3:15 after 7 hours out in the rain, so needless to say we were soaked!! Figured out a fun clothes drying hack using the cabinetry above the couch. (FYI This cabin, 12254, is “wrong” with the couch closer to the balcony) 

New towel pal! 

After a huge bowl of reindeer chili fries we were not quite feeling getting dressed for Wonderland so we pushed it till day 6. Windjammiér for dinner for us. Not awful but not great! 

Loved Sitka!! As @deButler mentioned, getting off and to town was rough! Mostly because of my lack of shuttle tickets, but we made it finally around 12 after being fully ready to disembark at 9.
Sitka was so gorgeous! Mist sitting on all the tree tops, some snow still on the mountains. Critter tally jumped up to 3 eagles, 2 otters, 10 harbor seals and countless grey and humpback whales on our tour. We went deep into Sitka sound on a hunt for bears but I missed the rough outline of a mom and cubs some were able to spot. 
Driving into town from the cruise pier.










We were ablento walk the Totem trail in Sitka National Historic Park before our tour, seeing the lush natural rainforest was lovely. 



Looking back at the bridge from an earlier photo.

 

The salmon were jumping everywhere! 

Captain Gary was able to drop us back off at the dock where Quantum was parked, so we didn’t have to wait in the shuttle line to come back which was nice. I missed seeing the downtown, we will have to come back! That Russian church looks so picturesque. 😍
 

Picture of clouds over Flowrider is great. 

This is such a great idea!! 

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Update! Went with on-theme, iceberg blue nails. A color I never would’ve picked on my own but it felt right for Alassskaaa! ❄️

Got another email asking me to bid on a RoyalUp this morning, those last minute cancellations must be pouring in! I haven’t bid on anything since the lowest option for a JS was $390 each and I can’t justify another $780 when I have spent so much on add-ons as it is. I think I would’ve been way more likely to bid if I got the double points in C&A, we are 9 points from Emerald so we still won’t make it after this cruise. Perhaps a last-minute 3 night from LA is in order this fall.
Last day of work today and am overtasked by about 8 hours. Gonna be a long day but soooo close to vacation! Relevant meme: