We crossed many streams along the train ride. The mix of mountains, vegetation, and water was hypnotic at times. I can understand how someone could spend extended periods of time here. I must add to that, our guides had a lot of warnings at every excursion about berries and such that would be within our grasp that we should not touch; poisonous. And, of course, watch out for bears.Some streams passed by so fast you had to stay alert or miss them. In the distance is the U.S. Customs Office, 12 miles from the U.S./Canadian border. Why is it located there? Our guide informed us that someone decided winter weather at the actual border gets too bad to have it any closer. This did nothing to help with my fear of heights, but I wasn’t very concerned. The scenery was too good.
Glacier Bay was a day of cruising where the only earth structure I don’t think I saw was desert. The pictures that follow were all taken from Norwegian Encore July 21, 2022.
Norwegian Encore Teppanyaki Dinner. We had a menu of about eight food items, different mixes of beef, poultry, and seafood. The cook started by cracking the eggs for garlic fried rice. He lost control of an egg that almost hit my wife when it broke.The egg serpent was slain.The odor of the room switched from purely fresh garlic to the additional scents of beef, poultry, and seafood.The most amazing thing was the cook got everyone’s order right. I had the seafood dish; scallops, shrimp, and calamari, or as the cook called them, rubber bands. All very good! We were also fortunate that our cook was the better singer of the two that night.
