Passing through the Georgia Straight, Canada/Carlos Pueblo
The Jewel
daily schedule pointed out Seymour Narrows, British Columbia
on the
second day for its scenery. There is a 5 kilometers Discovery Passage
in British
Columbia called Seymour Narrows known
for strong tidal current,
about 15
knots and about 750 meters wide. The Alaska cruise route is sailing
between the
Vancouver Island and the Pacific Ranch of the Continent and I call
it the
inland sea, south from Seattle or Olympia and north to the Alaska border.
I was not
aware of the significance until after 5 Alaska Cruises. This journey
reminds me
very much of my riding experience of trains yet it is much more
comfortable
with exceptional beauty of the scene.
I stand on
many location of the ship, at the rear of the Garden Café and the
observation
ground on the top 13th deck. I can sit on the atrium side or inside
the vacant big
restaurant to view the passing through mountains on both sides.
It is better
than Japanese Shinkansen and of course much better than any of my
previous transportation
train experience. It was in early spring and there were
snow cap on
some of the taller mountains in the area.
It was very
nice to see some of my adopted daughters on board again in Jewel
while the
cruise line transferred them from Dawn. I quickly asked my four dining
companions
for the 2 weeks. Because of my platinum plus status, I can invite a
guest for my
dinner free of charge under a certain amount. This time I invite
Jenny, Mary
Ann, Gingle, and Stephanie who are all from the Dawn. In addition to
these four free
dinners at paid restaurants, I also have two dine with officer dinners
at a
restaurant with free of wine. This time, I have Alvina, the atrium guest
service
manager and
also my high ranking adopted daughter as our company. We also join
by our
fellow platinum plus passengers on the table. Another two drinking parties
are for the
repeated customers with silver and above.
There was a
story of lost luggage on board to my old friends from Colorado. During
a transfer plane
somewhere, their luggage were lost. The Jewel loaned them some
cloths and
assigned Jenny to help them to recover the luggage. Michael received an
old mechanic
uniform and Rebecca had some civilian cloths and of course, some of
the daily
use items from the Trade Wind Store. It
was an error from the airline and
was nothing
to do with the Jewel; however, the cruise did extend their service to
the
customers on their best. Finally, the luggage were recovered at Juneau, the
State
Capital on
the 4th day.
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