End Of The Cruise

Saturday marked the last full day of cruising. As it was an at-sea day we slept in. After attending a meeting about disembarkation procedures, we enjoyed the sunshine on the Lido Deck. We tried our hand at a golf chipping contest over the Lido pool. I did terrible with most of my golf balls ending up in the pool. Hazel did a bit better and least one a consolation prize of a Holland America pin. We then played a game of chess with one of those gigantic two foot tall chess sets, Again, Hazel did better than I.

In the afternoon we attended the On Deck For A Cure walk to support breast cancer research. This involved 13 laps (a total of over 5km) around the outer ship deck. This might not sound like much, but it helped walk off maybe one buffet trip’s worth of calories.

Alaska In The Rearview

After dinner on our last evening aboard, we attended a variety show that included acts from most of the people that had performed in the Showroom At Sea during the cruise. We closed out the night with games of Scattergories and Name that Tune in the Crow’s nest. Before going to sleep, we had to roll our checked bags out for pickup over night. In the morning we had breakfast and then disembarked from the ship for a final time at 8:45am.

We made our way through Canadian customs and to our awaiting motorcoach that would carry us to Seattle. This was the end of our much anticipated cruisetour. Luckily we still had three more days of vacationing in Seattle before we had to get back to the real world.