8 Day Crossing Part 2 - She Broke The Egg!

   We are in the last day at sea with Whittier less than 12 hours away. Today at breakfast we spotted 3 spouts. People had see whales in the last few days but they were the first for us .The last few days have been spent in much the same routine as before. However, I have taken up the Zumba exercise in full and I am finally getting the hang of it. This is not Zumba gold but regular Zumba. It has a lot of high impact steps which can hurt the knees. As Walter the 27 year old instructor says, do what you can! Last night was the last of our 6 formal nights. We had our photos taken but did not win the free prints.

      After all the ball room dance classes that we have had, we are finally getting the hang of it although when the Asian take to the floor, we fade into he woodwork. They are so graceful and dance with such flare that it is hard to stay on the floor with them. We spent part of the afternoon packing but need to wait until later tonight to finish the job. We don't leave until 8 am tomorrow but need to do the U.S. Immigration exercise at 6:30. Since we are not leaving Anchorage until nearly midnight it will be a long day. We cancelled our transfer to the airport in favour of a small excursion to take up some of the day. However, I imagine come Sunday afternoon, we will be a bit tired. We still have 4 time zones to make up but that will be done in the air.

Our Prize!

      We entered the egg drop contest this cruise. Briefly, you need to drop a raw egg from deck 7 to deck 5 without it breaking. Since we have seen it done before and assisted on an egg drop on our last cruise, it should have been a piece of cake. We used a Vietnamese type hat to hold a coffee cup (it acted like a parachute) and broke the fall with some balloons. It made it safely to the bottom (as did others ) but when Judy went to retrieve the egg to prove that we were winners, the host had turned the container over. Judy had seen the hours of engineering time that had gone into the development of what was probably the best looking egg drop device. The egg came out unscathed but she did not catch it (I should have raced down there to get the glory) and it promptly fell on the deck and smashed! I made my way to the fifth floor but stayed in the background. The good news is that all entrants received the coveted Princess water bottles. At least it was not a key chain. It was a fun exercise.

    This will be the last post from the ship. If we have an exciting day in Anchorage tomorrow, I may attempt to post something. Thanks to all who have sent emails or left messages. We hope you enjoyed reading of our adventuress and seeing the photos of some of the highlights!

CHEERS!