Friday, 17 May 2019
Glacier Bay, Alaska, USA
Full day cruising up and down Glacier Bay. It would be superb scenery were it not for the low cloud and rain hiding the snowy peaks. At the head of the fjord are a number of tidewater glaciers. The ship pirouettes on its axis for an hour at the Margerie Glacier.
Glaciers need sun and blue sky to make them look spectacular though. Having been spoilt with glaciers in South America, the weather and glacial moraine makes these look dull.
Afternoon entertainment in the form of a trivia quiz. Sadly, no questions requiring ‘yoghurt’ as an answer. Happy to do the quiz on my own but American couple sitting on adjacent table invite me to join them for a threesome. In the quiz, I hasten to add. Not sure wife knows what day it is but husband seems a bit more clued up. For an American.
One question is: which vegetable does the Colorado beetle eat? I say potato. Brother-in-law is a potato farmer. I know that potato is a vegetable. Mr American forcefully tells me that potato is not a vegetable, it’s a starch. Without wishing to get into technicalities, can’t be bothered arguing and he goes for carrot.
The answer is, of course, potato.
As you will see from the photograph below, tonight’s towel art made me laugh as I entered my cabin. Not a fan of towel art but this was excellent.
