With our last day at sea, we relax while amusing ourselves with onboard activities.  In the mid morning there is a cooking demonstration and galley tour.   The tour was interesting.  It’s an amazing operation storing food for 3000 people for two weeks.  The ship loads up nearly all of the food in Vancouver and then just picks up some fish in Alaska.  At home, we can’t even make it a couple days without stopping at a grocery store.

In the early afternoon, there was a talk by the navigator about navigation in general and specifics to our ship.  It was okay, but not that informative.

The rest of the day was filled with eating (both of us), exercising at the gym (L’) ,and napping (me).  We packed up our luggage in time for pickup and then slept our final night at sea.  We would wake up in port and in another country.

There was one unusual thing today and that was the Alert Bay Trumpeter.  The captain of our ship announced we would be entering Alert Bay (surely you’ve heard of it) and would be serenaded by the Alert Bay Trumpeter.  Not sure what to expect, I grabbed my jacket and camera and made my way to the top deck.  A small motor boat appeared alongside our ship and one of the two people on it began playing on a trumpet.  The ship would pass him and then he would head to the front of our ship as we sailed by him again.  Each time he played a different song.  It was corny and partly off key, but amusing in its absurdity.  He got a nice cheer from those on deck.