Setting sail and our first day at sea...

We were greeted by a bottle of bubbly and a fabulous room with a sitting area and a balcony... seriously Johnson and Johnson spared no expense treating my great sister! We, of course, broke into the champagne before we realized we had the (mandatory) lifeboat drill... we made it a bit extra fun! :)

don't worry everyone the boat didn't sink... I have been back a month... and it is a good thing because we goofed off the entire time! Mary even set off her emergency whistle!! HILARIOUS! Jonathan, who trained at Julliard, had to come over and turn it off (one of the dancers side jobs is doing the emergency drill). Oh, Jonathan, we so appreciated you! HAHA!



Then, that evening, we had the set sail party on the main deck. I sported one of my MANY, cute cruise-like dresses... and it was the LAST night (or day) that it was anywhere warm enough for a dress... can we say I packed ALLLLL wrong! I have never been tempted to buy $320 Ugg boots (yes they were that marked up) in my life... (don't worry Derek I didn't!)

The next morning we awoke to this...

AMAZING! Beautiful!! We had breakfast in our room and enjoyed the beautiful view. It was so great just to relax and read books and enjoy the breathtaking views as we floated. Relaxing, fabulous, and yummy right up to the point when I got motion sick... yep... I enjoyed that yummy breakfast twice! HA!


After a shower and some motion sickness meds, I was feeling a bit loopy but ready for some on the boat fun with Mary. We signed up for a 'whole body wellness' lecture thinking it would be a great chance to get a few tips... umm we were completely WRONG! :) First, we were two of six. Second, I was still woozy and loopy. Third, the guy was a COMPLETE nut and we couldn't understand him! At one point we started giggling and of course couldn't stop (felt like alter girls with the giggles... so inappropriate yet so hilarious at the same time!). He totally called us out on it, saying... "do you have something funny you want to share with the group, go ahead, I am waiting." HAHA! Talk about making us laugh even harder... it was second grade all over again and Mrs. O'Neal sent me to the back of the room!

Anywho... after that mess we did a wine tasting class which was great! We learned some basic info and it was fun to compare flavors. I have wanted to take a real class for a long time and this definitely confirmed it.

We had lunch on the pool deck... SO FUN! and I was definitely feeling better at this point (and didn't have any other issues the rest of the trip... thank you Bonine!)

We had some more fun that evening and then got ready for our first day of adventures...

Here we are having breakfast in the port of Ketchikan. Stay tuned for our adventures in this beautiful city!