As you can see, I missed August 30th. This is because it was a long-drawn out travel day. Although we took a seven hour glass dome train ride, it became tedious after the first couple of hours because we went through a lot of small, indignant town s and no wildlife was in sight. According to the natives, there appears to be a significant amount of crystal meth use in Alaska and one store even had a sign that said if you were high you were not welcome. Some of the speakers and guides we talked to spoke of significant addiction issues in the population. They mentioned long, dark, and cold days, depression and family susceptibility as the causes. Anyway, that, and relying on the tourist industry, makes for a lot of poverty.
Today was a day at sea. So far I have not been seasick. The food is really good and Ron and I haven’t missed a meal yet!!! SURPRISED??? The ship moved towards shore to get a good look at the Hubbard Glacier, which was huge and growing every year. I am learning about glaciers that grow while others recede. I just thought that they were all receding. The sea is lovely and mixes the gray/green of glacier run off with the ocean, making for an unusual color of the ocean in that area.
Ron has been gaming a lot in the casino today and hit 3-of-a-kind in Three Card Poker and is way up (so far). I entered a slot tournament (lost) and a Texas Hold’Em tournament. I also lost that tourney but at least I wasn’t the first one out. I intend to blow more money on our next day at sea.
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