Archive for July 13th, 2009
Whales don't read law books
There is a federal law that states that no vessel may approach closer than 100 yards to a humpback whale. However there is nothing in the law that says you cannot position your vessel over a 100 yards away and cut the engine. That’s just what happened when we went out with Captain Larry of Orca Enterprises when we stopped in Juneau on our first Alaskan Cruise.
Good citizens at work and play
Every trip includes pictures etched across the mind. Memories that may or may not fade after time. This one remains pretty strongly chiseled, and I hope it will stay with me until the end.
We were sailing on Royal Caribbean’s newest ship Freedom of the Seas. It was a western Caribbean itinerary which was to include stops in Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Montego Bay, Jamaica as well as Royal Caribbean’s private island stop of Labadee, Haiti.
The weather cut short our port time in Cozumel and canceled our stop at Grand Cayman. We enjoyed the warm beaches of Labadee and my daughter loved playing at the water park as a fun loving three and a half year old.
