30 May 2026

I can’t resist getting up early for sunrise:

but sunrise is still at like 430am, so I definitely went back to bed after snapping this 🙂

Today’s main task is repacking:

We each brought one carry on and a backpack as our personal item; I did bring a packable backpack in case we bought too much stuff and had to check a bag but I’m really good at packing and made it all fit- go me!

Lunch today included an entire cake station:

As we entered this area:

A boat pulled up alongside us:

and a pilot joined our ship to help navigate us:

I’m pretty sure that lighthouse is pushing a barge…

There are shows and other entertainment on our ship, but we aren’t really into that, so we went for a walk:

It’s a bit hard to see, but that barge is carrying a semi truck and a digger:

We’re on a boat!

On the way back to our room, I noticed that they had opened up the bow again, so we hung out there for a while:

I debated bringing my camera on our walk but decided against it.  Poor choice- we saw a whale!  So I ran back to the room to get it.  Spotted a porpoise playing in the waves off our bow but couldn’t get a shot 🙁

We made it partway through the straight:

before the sun began to set:

One last night at sea:

and one last sunset shot, because the colors were unreal!