September 19-21, 2015 – Cruise to Alaska (Victoria, BC-Seattle)
Saturday was a day at sea sailing west of Vancouver Island toward Victoria. The weather was much better – a little breezy and cool and a little hazy but otherwise nice. We spent some time strolling around the Promenade Deck and was able to site whale spouts throughout the day. We attended a talk entitled “Alaska Gold Rush Dreams” - the story of sacrifice and hardship as the stampeders head North to Alaska in search of gold. After lunch we watched a demonstration on the art of towel folding presented by one of the stateroom attendants. Each evening when we came back to our stateroom after dinner our beds were turned down with two pieces of chocolate on top of the schedule for the next day. But the best part was the towel animal that awaited us – a different one each night. We had great fun anticipating each night’s visitor – sometimes we had a difficult time guessing what the creature was. Here are...