This may seem odd, but I just have to write about our first meal on-board. If this is any indication, we are in for a treat. Heck, I am eating things I not only have never heard of, but can't pronounce! Not only that, but there are so many choices. House bread and a specialty bread. Soup and a house salad or specialty salad. Something like five main course options including vegetarian. And there are wines suggested to compliment each one, which you can purchase by the glass in most cases, or by the bottle. This was my selection:
Fresh baked house bread
Fresh spinach salad, topped with aged gorgonzola cheese, brioche croutons and toasted oregon hazelnuts. Served with a Northwest blackberry vinagrette.
Capelli d/Angeli. Angel hair pasta tossed in a light garlic olive oil with dungeness crab, asparagus tips and artichoke hearts, fresh herbs and sweet peppers.
I forgot to write what we ate for dessert! I'm sure it was an elegant end, served as beautifully as the rest.
Although we had multiple courses, the portions were not so large that you would stuff yourself on one.
While we were eating, the humpbacked whales made an appearance! At first, I had difficulty making out the water spouts and Andrea, who works for Cruise West in Juneau and was taking the cruise so she was more familiar with the options (but had previously worked on the ship), patiently pointed them out. Finally I could spot them myself and they were everywhere! They first gave you a hint by blowing water through the spout, and when you zero in they dive and flip their tails as a final salute.
And one more addition to my "It's a Small World" list is the fact that the gal in charge of the dining room, Britany Duncan, is from APPLETON!! She graduated from high school and went off to culinary arts school. I know her father and her uncles!
Trip of a Lifetime
This blog is about our trip to Alaska, the Trip of a Lifetime. We have long spoken about such a trip but the timing or the finances were never right. When Tom's father passed away and left a sum of money we were left with the decision of what to use it for that would honor his memory. Certainly not a piece of furniture or home repair. Those things pass out of service and are left curb-side. We wanted a memory that would be with us forever.
And so idea of a trip to Alaska was formed! On a visit to the AAA office in Appleton, I inquired about such trips, explaining that we just were not a "dinner and dancing with the Captain" sort of couple. Existing on a ship that could pass for a small city along with several thousand other passengers, and dressing formally for dinner just did not hold appeal. The brochures from a company named Cruise West caught our eye. As Goldilocks said, this one was "just right!"
My intention was to maintain this blog as we continued on our travels. I failed to take into account the fact that most of the areas we were in had no internet connections available (also no TV or phone!) ... so the remainder of the blog will be an "after the fact" accounting. I hope you enjoy it!
PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ADDED AS SOON AS I GET THEM LOADED AND EDITED...............
And so idea of a trip to Alaska was formed! On a visit to the AAA office in Appleton, I inquired about such trips, explaining that we just were not a "dinner and dancing with the Captain" sort of couple. Existing on a ship that could pass for a small city along with several thousand other passengers, and dressing formally for dinner just did not hold appeal. The brochures from a company named Cruise West caught our eye. As Goldilocks said, this one was "just right!"
My intention was to maintain this blog as we continued on our travels. I failed to take into account the fact that most of the areas we were in had no internet connections available (also no TV or phone!) ... so the remainder of the blog will be an "after the fact" accounting. I hope you enjoy it!
PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ADDED AS SOON AS I GET THEM LOADED AND EDITED...............
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