September 25
Today was the day that we were finally back on a ship and cruising! After traveling all day the previous day, and with the three hour time change both Kim and I were exhausted by 8:30 pm PST. And surprisingly we were able to sleep until 5 am (which would be like 8 am at home). Bags had to be packed and by the door by 6:45 am and then we had to be tested by the cruise lines for the COVID virus – again, yes after we just got the “negative” report 48 hours ago. So Kim and I were downstairs right as the process got started……showed our vaccination card, showed proof (again) of our previous negative test, and then had to go through the nasal swabbing again. After meeting our travel friends we went to breakfast; returned to the room and back down again to await boarding the bus. We had about a three hour tour of Seattle where we stopped for several photo ops, including the Seattle Space Needle. We arrived at the American Spirit around noon and boarded the ship and went straight to our stateroom, #309 where our luggage was waiting for us.
We
had agreed to meet right away for lunch and as we were finishing lunch we pulled
out from the pier and began our journey.
The scenery was great under the crystal clear blue skies. After about 45 minutes of taking in our
departure and enjoying each other’s company we all separated to return to our
staterooms and unpack. Everyone had their
own plans for the afternoon before we met for Happy Hour and then on to
dinner. It was a wonderful first
day. Around 8:30 pm we arrived in our
first port, Port Angeles where we’ll have two excursions tomorrow.
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