The Cruise - Day Two - A Day On the Sea...and Music!

This view you see here is pretty much all we saw for much of yesterday as we worked our way northwest to southeastern Alaska. 

Katy and I didn't really make any daytime plans. We wanted to relax and enjoy the trip, though you have to be pretty bundled up lest you freeze. It's either that or find little areas away from the wind or, if you really hate yourself, hang out indoors in a mask-required zone.  No thank you.

So we wandered about this big ol' boat and relaxed, as I noted, as we were both pretty exhausted. My guess is that after a very long day on Monday, with a very late night, we just needed a little time to recuperate. I've got more pics of being on the ship, but perhaps I'll share those on FB. For now, let's talk food just a little bit.  We have decided the easiest option for breakfast and lunch is the restaurant that serves a wide variety of food in buffet style. Of course, just like many restaurants of that sort right now, they have to serve you, but considering there are like 27 employees to each person sailing on this trip, it's not difficult to get what you want. 

In the evenings, all 10 of us dine together in the main dining room, always at the same two tables, always with the same two staff. I was a little surprised last night when we were called by name and that they had remembered we liked lemon with our water. Last night for dinner I had the butter-lemon baked cod. This picture is just horrible at showing how thick and huge this piece of cod was. I'd guess 2 to 2 1/2" in height. Opened the meal with a bowl of pumpkin soup (meh, I've MADE way better) but finished with an apple blossom. Essentially, a small apple tart/mini-pie/thing that was YUMMY, and it came with a small amount of a sweet, buttery whipped cream and a very small, very cute scoop of ice cream.

At 8:15 last night we had plans to do a "Name That Tune: 80s Trivia"...or something like that, so us, along with Chad and Mickie (and Jamie joined us) sat at a table in one of the bars and named off all 25 tunes provided. Out of everyone at the event, only two tables, one other one and ours, got all 25 right. Pssst...we KNEW we would.  So they had to break the tie to see who won the big prize (which turned out to be Royal Caribbean ballcaps).  I sent Mickie up there, since she and I were driving this thing and I knew she'd do well.  They started the song and in a few notes the guy on the left shouted out "Billy Idol/Rebel Yell".  Mickie was just about to speak when he did, so it was going to be close no matter what. Kudos to her for being willing to go up front so all I had to do was take this picture.  :)  Our consolation prize were cruise ship pens and highlighters, so there is that.  :)

We then headed to a 9:30 concert with a singer who does a show entirely of songs by Adele. Great voice, good performer. We really, really enjoyed it.  Here is a link to what she does:

https://www.anightwithadele.com/. So that was day two. Pretty busy and long, like every night. Wednesday will be about our trip to Sitka, our excursion to see Sea Otters and Whales, something about food, I'm sure, and likely about the comedian/juggler we are seeing Wednesday night. So catch us tomorrow!