Skagway - Thursday
Let me begin by posting this video I intended to share yesterday. The previous day we were startled to hear, "Oscar, Oscar, Oscar!" from the loudspeaker on the ship, because that's the "man overboard" signal. After we exchanged looks, the captain added that it was only a drill. But we got to see the crew launch the rescue boat and motor around! (There are rescue boats attached to each side of the ship.) Yesterday for Happy Hour we went up to the top deck to the Vortex Lounge. We were the first customers, and Charlie asked the bartender if the bar still rotates. He assured us it did, but said it normally only starts moving around midnight. We confessed that, in that case, we would NEVER see it moving, so he obligingly offered to turn it on for us. In the video, it looks like the photographer is moving away from me, but I'm actually rotating away from him. (Yes, we are easily amused.) Early this morning Charlie captured a video of this waterfall before we a...