Mary Lou

Here is the picture i promised! Im at the Menenhal glacier just outside of Juneau



So i finally have some time off that i can afford to use to update this blog! So much has happened that i don;t really know where to start but basically i have just been really enjoying myself these last couple weeks. I think i am hitting my stride as far as ship life goes.

One of the things i have really been enjoying is Crew Discounts. Basically i can do almost any excursion we sell for free if there is space. In the next couple weeks i have plans to go horse back riding in the mountains and Kayaking to the Yukon from Skagway... all free. Plus most stores and restaurants in our port cities have crew discounts. 2 days ago i got 1/2 a pound of Alaskan king crab at a restaurant in Ketchikan for 10$... that's unreal.

'One of the things about ship life that isn't so awesome is that people's contracts all start and end at different times. This morning I lost one of my closest friends on the ship to go back to the Philippines. His name is Jonas and he plays guitar in a trio at one of the fancier restaurants on the ship. I am seriously going to miss that guy! Then this week we are losing 3 YCs Eithan, kitten, and Cartwheel are all going home or transferring to another ship. Its really sad actually, every week now for the rest of my contract people i am pretty good friends with will be leaving!

This week we had Mary Lou Rettan on board the ship. If you don;t know who that is she was an olympic gymnast for America and won tons of medals. She has 4 children (all girls) and 2 of them were in my age group this past week. They were such awesome kids and they LOVED me. It was seriously great. They would ask if i was in the center before they signed in and stay right beside me all day. Passengers are given these cards to fill out called style cards about crew members they think did a great job and my goal past about Wednesday has been to get one from Mary Lou Rettan because they sign the bottom. That would just be soooo sweet! She was awesome too a really nice lady!

This week i am going to be on teens with Kazoo who is my go to girl on this ship. It is going to be amazing. I could not be more excited for an age group. I have been looking forward to it for weeks. We are seriously going to ROCK teens!

anyways I need to get back to the ship. But i will seriously try to keep up with this blog thing better from now on!

thanks for reading!
i miss you all!

Harley (High 5)

Past 2 Weeks

Hey everyone!

sorry it has been so long since my last post! I have been having a blast here! I would say the highlight of my last 2 weeks was this past Saturday in Victoria. We met up with some of Kazoo's friends who live there, went down to the beach and had a bonfire and hung out. It was seriously just so much fun, and felt like something i would actually be doing in my real life outside of the ship. It was kind of refreshing.

i really need to go now and get to work... but here are some photos :)

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 5!
Wow, I cannot believe it has been 5 weeks already! NUTS! Everything here has been going extremely well. I am really getting to know the crew and we just have a lot of fun together. One of my best friends here Kazoo (my roomie from the first night) was supposed to leave here on Sunday but she was enjoying herself so much she asked for an extension and is staying until September 4th now! This week in Skagway we met up with Tyler our local friend again and he took us to this crab shack restaurant so we could sit inside out of the rain to chat. He knows the owner who decided to bring us out an entire crab plus this amazing iced tea and samples of a bunch of other stuff he serves. This guy is awesome he is from Louisiana and just hilarious. We are supposed to tell people about his restaurant for him in return for all the free food and since it was sooooo awesome, that will not be a problem. He also got a picture of us all for the hall of fame and had us sign the guest book and write our names and ship at the top of the page so he can ask the little kids if the know us haha.
Canada Day was celebrated in full last night among the Canadians on board. We all met up at the brew bar and sang the national anthem in French and English. Tonight is the official party because they are combining Canada day and July 4th celebrations. They are serving poutine as the food!!! I’m pretty thrilled about that.
Tomorrow is Victoria so I will be calling home and available on cell phone between 6 – 12 BC time. (or 9pm – 3am Ontario time)
I miss you all!