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[rafinmd]

There's a bit of a story behind today's sunrise.  In 2003 I attempted a totally overland circumnavigation of the globe, taking a freighter from Montreal to Europe, rail and ferry connections to  Helsinki, the trans-Siberian to Beijing, Crystal Harmony to Vancouver via Dutch Harbor, and rail back home.  Unfortunately, SARS got in the way and I had to fly home from Beijing, but I was still fascinated by Dutch Harbor.

 

In 2007 I planned another trip, flying to Fairbanks, working my way down to Homer, and then the Ferry Tustemena from Homer to Dutch and back to Kodiak.

 

On August 17, 2007  I left Fairbanks for Denali.

 

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Photo from around 5:00 am local Alaska time as we are making our way to Skagway, Alaska.

 

Keith

 

[ctjon]

While we are doing sunrises - this from the totally other end of the US - from the West Quoddy lighthouse in Lubec Maine.   This is the most Eastern location in the US.  It was at 5:30 am on Thursday Aug 15.  Not seeming to some but this city in Maine is also the closest US city to Africa because it sticks out so far east.

 

[May B]

That’s fascinating, Jon.

[Keith1010]

While  more ships visit Skagway than on our first visit the town is pretty much like we remember it.

 

 

Keith

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2014 Alaska cruise on MS Statendam.  August 18 was a sea day from Seward to Glacier Bay:

 

 

 

Roy

[May B]

2 hours ago, Auf-d in Peace said:

 

Today, August 18, 2024, the sixth anniversary of this momentous occasion, I have returned to provide some additional context to Roy's post of June 9, 2023.

 

 

Roy, when that Grand Panama Canal cruise was first put online (November 2015 based on drib's database), it was V8218, and then it changed to OCS180

 

 

That photo was taken by the Crystal Computer Lab Guy (CCLG) using someone's phone/camera from the group. drib only orchestrated the event from home using the live view from the Crystal web site. Below is the best of the ones he captured, and you can see CCLG on the far right. If you zoom in, you can see the phone and various other accoutrements in a pink case!

 

 

I have several other images from this sequence that I may post later depending on ... well, you know.

 

I noticed that the live views are back! I definitely understand why the Computer Lab view is not one of them.  Many of the ones I captured in the course of this cruise - including Crystal Bach and Mahler and Esprit - when was the last time anyone has mentioned Esprit! - are still in my archives, and maybe I'll post a few of those too.

 

Regards, Auf-d in Peace

 

Actually, I like the photo from Roy’s post of June of 2023, better. It must’ve come directly from that pink-cased phone. The only trouble is that Terry is in the shadow.

 

I do agree it’s great to see CCLG in this one, direct from the now-only-history web cam in the computer room. 
 

This has been fun, @Auf-d in Peace! Thx!

[Keith1010]

A nice weather day in Sitka today with beautiful scenery.

 

 

Keith

 

 

[KenzSailing]

There's a famous passage in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" where a character is asked how he went bankrupt:

 

"Two ways, gradually, then suddenly."

 

I'm starting to feel that way about the condition of my various bodily joints.  

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from the smallest of the Royal Caribbean ships I have sailed, Empress of the Seas, on a short cruise out of Miami.  On August 19, 2019 we visited Key West:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

The beauty of Alaska 2024.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset rather than a sunrise today.  It's from a 2017 Blount New England Islands cruise.  On August 20 Grande Caribe visited Block Island, Rhode Island:

 

 

Roy

[May B]

What a great and diverse group of photos! Thanks for the memories!

 

I never thought of the Dalmatian coast as having anything to do with the breed of dog. Further research tells me, that’s where the breed of dog originated. Ok, I’ve learned my new thing today. Pretty great, considering it’s only 6 am.

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today rather than a sunrise.  It's from my 2014 Statendam Alaska cruise.  10 years ago today we visited Juneau:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Appetizers last night at Waterside.  Look familiar.

 

Keith

 

 

 

 

[rafinmd]

Eight years ago today Crystal Serenity made what may have been the first ever large cruise ship visit to Nome, Alaska, and we met a really interesting mayor:

 

 

Later in our "Community Visit" we passed the endpoint of the Iditarod:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

This reflects today for Anne Marie and myself.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2014 Statendam Alaska cruise.  On August 22 we had a mid-day arrival in Ketchikan:

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Pool deck from earlier this morning.

 

Keith

 

[rafinmd]

Not exactly Crystal style travel but sad news that Rick Steves has been diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 69.

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2013 Veendam New England/Canada cruise.  On August 23 we visited Portland, our last port before returning to Boston.

 

 

Roy

[Keith1010]

Turn up the volume to hear part of What A Wonderful World.

 

Keith

 

 

 

[TER777]

92 mph wind gusts as the Symphony bounces through the North Sea on the way from Copenhagen to Ijmuiden (Amsterdam). 

[BWIVince]

12 minutes ago, TER777 said:

92 mph wind gusts as the Symphony bounces through the North Sea on the way from Copenhagen to Ijmuiden (Amsterdam). 

 

Hold on tight!  😬  Hope everyone makes it through safely.

 

Vince

[TER777]

3 minutes ago, BWIVince said:

 

Hold on tight!  😬  Hope everyone makes it through safely.

 

Vince

Thanks! Another couple of hours to go.