Jen and Dave: Adventuring

The plan was to drive the Dempster to the Arctic Ocean, but the widespread wildfires caused us to change plans. In place of that trip, Jen found a last-minute cruise on Holland America from Vancouver to Whittier, Alaska. So north we go!

We boarded at around noon, and started our trip on the Lido, at the buffet. As lunch was ending our cabin was announced as ready, and we headed there to put away our things.

First up was exploring the ship to find out what was up for offer. Then, we relaxed in the Crow’s Nest until sail away began, heading outside to wave goodbye to Vancouver and to watch as we went under the Lion’s Gate bridge.

Dinner followed, then hot tubbing on the open aft deck. The ship was doing a compass calibration before really leaving, spinning in place twice, which meant great scenery.

After a quick shower we headed to the Billboard Lounge for dualing pianos of top 100 Billboard hits before going to bed.