Alaska….. story for the last day.

Alaska.  It looks like I have time for one more post underway.  I will make other posts when I return to "the office".  I just want to share one of my many great moments on my cruise.  

The other night my youngest daughter was exhausted so I took her back to the room with my mom while everyone else went to the evening show.  The goal was to get her in bed early for a good night of sleep and I planned to read a book.  While I was talking to my mom I glanced out our verandah window and saw a "whale tail" just dipping back into the water. So I did like anyone else would do and yelled WHALE….. while tripping over everything in our clean stateroom.  

When I got to the verandah with my mom and daughter what we saw I might never see again in all my life.  If I had to guess in the 20 min that passed I saw about 25 killer whales blowing from their spouts, waving their tails, and rolling on their sides.  Some were close and some were far.  I had attended the naturalist's briefing on whales so I knew that the Orcas would travel in large groups.  I was able to see some of the distictive white spots on the dark black to confirm what type they were.

I can't say how awesome and amazing and just "wow" this was.  This is one example of the great things that we saw and experienced this week.  What I loved about it is that it was completely spontaneous.  As we sail back to Vancouver I want to shout to everyone I know BOOK ALASKA!  It's time to go back to normal routine at home and after 9 nights away I think we are ready.  I can honestly say that I while I wanted to try Alaska I had no idea that I would want to do it again.  I will do it again.  I may do it many more times.  I just can't express how fantastic the adventure is in Alaska!