Our 2nd port stop was Juneau and above is a short video of our approach. We had scheduled ourselves lightly today. We had booked a whale watching trip with local specialists Harv 'n Marv whom we had used the year before. They use small boats carrying 6 passengers versus the larger boats Princess uses that can carry over 100. We don't want to be looking through a crowd of babbling heads trying to see humpback whales while listening to narration over a P.A system. I think the cost is $200 each for about 3 hours on the boat. Snacks, drinks and binoculars are included. As this is a private tour Princess is not involved in the booking and you are responsible for getting yourself back to the ship on time, otherwise you can take photos of her as she sails over the horizon.
On our previous visit we were lucky enough to have a whale breach suddenly next to our boat which was the only one nearby. It sent the boat rocking somewhat and other boats radioed to ask if we were ok. We were all elated but no photos were taken as it was totally unexpected and the whale was only out of the water for maybe 3 seconds. Our Captain, Tony had never seen one this close before.
We asked to sail with Capt. Tony this time around but were sad to learn that in the interim he had died. He was, I guess, in his late 30's.
We didn't have to rush off the ship for this so we had time for a leisurely Sabatini's breakfast. The breakfast you see in the video is my first of the day in the Horizon Court buffet.
Between the two meals I would leave the ship for an early morning walk to take some photos which will follow soon....
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