Cruise to Alaska - Day Nine - Kodiak

We knew today was going to be a laid back day. We hadn’t booked an excursion other than the all day shuttle bus. The weather was forecast for rain in the morning and clearing in the afternoon. So we slept in….LOL!

By lunch time the reports were coming back…Kodiak wasn’t worth visiting unless you REALLY wanted to buy something with the town’s name. No charm, no quirk factor, generic stores selling generic merchandise. We opted out.

The end of the day we heard from those on the wildlife tours…looks like that would have been a better bet for us. But when we chose our excursions we knew we couldn’t do something at every port…both from a cost and energy perspective. Oh well..

So for those wondering…no Kodiak bears were sighted…LOL! But the upside was Stu got our laundry done. Since many were off the boat it wasn’t busy…and with the next day an “at sea” day, we knew it would be busy!

We did take a lot of photos from the boat…and many from inside as we moved out to sea. With the sunsets at after 11pm, the view was always amazing.

We did hit some rough water as we headed out to sea though…rough enough that I couldn’t finish dinner and headed back to the room to take my first Dramamine of the trip. Stu grabbed me a can of Ginger Ale as well. We had swells of up to 35 feet with up to gale force winds…talk about rocking and rolling. The steward had even moved things onto the floor in the stateroom. Needless to say, I was glad that the following day was an at sea day with nothing planned.

Here are some photos that we took from the ship, both in Kodiak and out to sea: Alaska - Day Nine - Kodiak

Till next time - keep on rollin',
Donna and Stu