This morning was our first port day of the cruise portion of the trip. We were in Haines, Alaska. I had never been here before so didn't know what to expect. A lot of the excursions were based out of Skagway. To get to Skagway you had to take a fast ferry which took about 45 minutes for the ride and cost $68 round trip if you booked it on your own through the ferry company. The main excursions they had which included the fast ferry were going to Skagway to ride the White Pass Railway. Krista and I rode this last year and we didn't really want to do it again. We decided just to spend our day in Haines. Well let me tell you, there isn't much here but it is a very pretty town.
We ordered room service this morning and it was 10 minutes early. Chase called me about 7:30 am and said he and Lauren were going to walk into town. Krista wanted to go back to sleep so I walked into town with them. A few stores were open but things were priced pretty high I thought. I did find a grocery store and they had Diet Dr Peppers. I was one happy camper. As soon as I purchased these I told Chase and Lauren I was going back to the ship. They continued to walk around town a little more before heading back. It was really hot outside so I was glad to get back to the coolness of our cabin.
Krista and I had an excursion booked for noon. It was riding around town in an old car being shown the sites. It only lasted about an hour which was plenty long enough. The last stop was the Hammer Museum. Some guy had all sorts of hammers in there ad he was telling about all of them. It was crowded in there so we told our guide we were walking back to town.
Once we got back to the ship we saw Chase and Lauren leaving for their tour. We went on back in and got a quick bite to eat and then went back to the room where I took a nap until Chase called and woke me up.
At 5:00 pm they had a drawing in the spa. They usually have this on the first night but for some reason they decided to have it today. Not really sure why. We were still in port with all aboard time at 8:30 pm so there was hardly anyone there. That was good for us because Krista won one of the drawings for a head, neck and shoulder massage.
It was then time for dinner. Nothing on the menu really sounded good but what I picked did turn out to be good. The service was really slow tonight and i don't know why because nobody was there.
Tomorrow we will be in Juneau which should be better because there is much more to do there. Krista and I are planning on going to Mendenhall Glacier.
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