The nerve racking drive to the Port!  And a raised drawbridge. Okay, it was only nerve-racking because I wasn’t the one driving in such heavy traffic. The crack across the less-than-two-week-old windshield is compliments of some driver on the Interstate.
Up the Alaskan Way along Seattle’s waterfront. A two cellphone photo panorama! Click twice to see it the biggest; BACK (x2) to return!
A selfie before we board the the Holland America Line’s MS Amsterdam!
A selfie after we board the the Holland America Line’s Amsterdam! This is the same ship, in fact, the same trip we took three years ago after I retired, only that one was in July. The weather is suppose to be better in June. We’ll see!
A five photo panorama showing Seattle, Mount Rainier and the Puget Sound. Interestingly, the stern of the Amsterdam >>IS<< curved, but due to quirks in wide angle lenses and panorama stitching software, it is actually curved the >>opposite<< way from shown here.
The water, sun and side thrusters that have made docking quick and easy!
A three photo panorama as we leave Seattle behind.
Soon it was time for dinner. This is the entrance to the fine dining room. Table service and waiters! All included in your fares, but no shorts or beach wear allowed.
While not every table is a window seat, pretty much every seat has a good view.
French onion soup! Really good!
Braised tenderloin(?) on rice? Also really good!
Braised tenderloin(?) on rice? Also really gone!
The dailylife Wife had stuffed eggplant…
A quiet walk on the top deck (9) after dark in the Straights of Juan De Fuca.
And of course, an old tradition here, at least while on the Amsterdam! The rugs in the elevators are changed daily because there is no sense of time on these cruises, and you really forget what day it is!
~Curtis, Alaska bound! {!-{>
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