Space Needle and Bon Voyage!

We ate the free breakfast at the hotel (and it was worth every penny!). We loaded back up in to the car and drove downtown. Mom really wanted to go up in the Space Needle so we took time to do that. The view was wonderful! We even could see our ship from up there! While at the top of the Space Needle, someone caught my attention and asked if we were from Omaha. Yes! The she asked if we went to St. Andrew’s! I said “Yes! Who are you?” She told me and I recognized her name but didn’t know what she looked like. They had just gotten off the Princess Cruise to Alaska! Wow! You never know who you’ll see where! (By the way, she said she recognized us because of Meighan! That’s normal! Everyone remembers Meighan!)

So we saw what we wanted to see at the Space Needle and got in the car to go find some gas. Later, we realized there were gas stations right there but we’d missed them. We turned in the car and got a shuttle to the pier. We got checked in and found our staterooms. We all had upgraded last week for a small fee so instead of being on Deck 1 with rooms all together, we were now on Deck 6 in a handicapped room (meaning BIGGER!) in the front of the ship. Mom & Dad were 2 decks below us (almost straight down) and Dave & Barb’s rooms were on Deck 4 way in the back. We all have verandahs with the upgrade. Very nice!

The first thing we did (after we found our rooms and Mom & Dad came to see our room and we went to see their room and flowers and balloons that we sent them) was to go EAT! It was time to eat anyway. Then we went up on deck outside and explored the ship. We found Club HAL where kids of various ages go for their own activities and we found the Explorer’s Lounge that had the library, internet café and seats to just watch the ocean go by.

We were outside as we started pulling out of port. It was quite windy but we were enjoying the cooler temperatures!