Jay’s Internet Log

During the night, Royal Princess will follow westerly courses approaching Kenai Peninsula at 6:00AM.  Rounding Rugged Island and into Resurrection Bay, we expect to pick up the Local Pilot at 6:15AM.  We will proceed northbound towards our Berth in Seward, where we will be safely alongside by 7:30AM.

We are now sitting and waiting to see a comedian.  He doesn’t start for another 45 minutes, but this waiting gives me a chance to write this up.   Today we were in Seward, AK, a port I’ve never been to before.  There’s really not a whole lot here, and I always respect ports that are barren more than those filled with diamond stores.  Today we did something that we’ve tried to do on two other cruises and never been able to; horseback riding.  One time the weather came into play, and the other time, a hurricane diverted the ship.  Luckily though, the weather here in Seward was sunny and in the 70′s, so nothing was stopping us!  We took a short van ride to the stables, signed a waiver declining helmets, and jumped up on our horses.  We took them down a road and into the woods, next to a stream, and eventually out on the other side of where the ship was docked.  We saw families of eagles and moose droppings.  We didn’t get to see any moose or bears though.  The horses went through some streams and my sneakers got soaking wet.  Heather’s horse was named Frisco and mine was named Buddy.  Our horses, especially Frisco, wouldn’t stop eating the grass and flowers.  As I saw patches of flowers, I wanted to jump off and pick them as I would in Red Dead Redemption.  It was a very fun experience, and I assume much better than if we were in Jamaica or some other Caribbean island.  After riding the horses, we returned to the ship, showered, ate a cheeseburger, then went back to town.  We walked around the shops and bought a few small knickknacks.  We got back to the ship within 15 minutes of it leaving, had dinner, and are now waiting for the comedian, listening to the really good jazz band play before the show.