DAY 7 - CRUISING THE HUBBARD GLACIER

We boarded the ship and unpacked our bags as our little cubby on the ship would be our home away from home for the next 7 days!  In other words BOOT CAMP WAS OVER for now.  It was going to be WONDERFUL!  We now could sleep, eat, and drink anytime we wanted anywhere on our ship…literally a floating city. 

We hurriedly unpacked and headed out for happy hour and a few snapshots.  A view from the stern on the Lido Deck on level 9…

And…the view from our balcony…

Day 7 would be “at sea” meaning we would not be docking anywhere.  We were going to cruise the Hubbard Glacier.  The Hubbard Glacier is famous for being North America’s largest tidewater glacier.  It is over 75 miles long and 7 miles wide.  It flows directly into Disenchantment Bay, which ultimately feeds into the North Pacific Ocean.  The glacier “calves” frequently meaning chunks of ice break off and fall into the ocean making it difficult for cruise ships to maneuver.  CALVES = ICEBERGS!! WAIT…WHAT????  Haven’t these people seen the movie Titanic?  All of that rushing water????  Maybe we should have gone to the lifeboat drill instead of drinking bloody mary’s!  

Let’s go to the Crow’s Nest and help the crew watch for icebergs while approaching the Hubbard…

“Oh, the weather outside was frightful…but the Hubbard was so delightful!”  The crew opened the bow of the ship for viewing the Hubbard.  It was BRUTAL out there…rain, wind, ice…

What do you say we grab an Alaskan Amber and head back to the room to warm up and continue viewing this puppy…

Once we were away from the rumble of the ship’s engines we could hear the rumble of the glacier moving.  It sounded like thunder off in the distance.  Very cool…in more ways than one!  

CTM informed me that John Wayne had a 136 foot yacht named the “Wild Goose” that he cruised to Alaska on to hunt. While on the “Wild Goose” he used to chip off pieces of glacial ice to chill his whiskey.  Hmmm….maybe we should figure out how to drive the Feeding Frenzy IV 5026 miles up here from Islamorada cause I sure could use some of that glacial ice about now 🥃😉

Catch you on the flip flop…

CJM