Alaska file #1

Saturday

“Embarkation Day”! We left Oak Harbor at 4 AM and drove to Seattle to catch our train to Vancouver, BC. The train ride was delayed a few hours because of an accident involving a person on the tracks (oops). After being on the train for about 6 or 7 hours we made it to Vancouver, through the major security/check-in lines and boarded the Norwegian Pearl for our 8 day trip to Alaska. We had some pretty sweet matching sweatshirts through our travel agency so they could tell who the whole travel group was, all 150ish people. Out of that group, our smaller group was made up of 16. Dustin and I, Kyle and Amanda, Jeremy, Dustin’s Mom, Aunt Tammie, Aunt Carrie, Uncle Lee, Nellie, Gma and Gpa Barrett, Romy and Pete, and Wanda and Pat. Half of us had rooms next to each other with balconies to boot! Eventually we were able to open the doors in between the balconies so we could all hang out together. We were so excited to finally be on the boat! It was HUGE, I might add!

Day 1-Sunday

This was the only day it was a little rainy/cloudy. So the boys decided it was the best day to try out the sport court on the upper deck. We also went to dance class put on by “Jasond” yep, that’s right…Jason with a d. Anywho, he was awesome and probably the best dancer on the ship in all the shows he was in. This dance was hilarious to watch Dustin and Jeremy do. Grandma Barrett shook her hips and Connie and Aunt Tammie were practicing it all night so they’d remember how it went. We all decided this was a good night to get all dolled up for dinner and a show. It was a nice dinner and come on, how often do you get to dress to the nines for a date with your hubby?!? After dinner and a show we got more comfy, watched some lighthouses and a sunset then went dancing in the Spinnaker lounge (soon to become a nightly past-time). They had a live band and we danced the night away.