I almost forgot to close out our trip blog. We have had tons of family visits over the past few weeks….
Anyway, our last port stop of our journey before sailing into Vancouver – Ketchikan, Alaska.
We boarded a catamaran to sail through Misty Fjords. Some of the most beautiful scenery yet. Bit difficult keeping Cooper occupied on this excursion. Plus I think we were both just getting tired. In fact, I fell asleep for over an hour on the ride back.
Cooper liked to point out the waterfalls.
Which were plentiful.
Now for some leftover disjointed stories and pictures of our trip.
Every afternoon at 3:30 was tea time. Again in the Palm Room. There were numerous other areas to the ship – bars, bridge room, etc but Palm Room was our personal favorite. Anyway, every afternoon, tea with “snacks” was served. I put that in quotes because there is no such thing as a snack on this ship. It was easily another meal. They would come around with trays and you picked what you wanted. First, you would order your tea, which for us was always the passion green tea. Then waiters would start walking around with trays. Trays of sandwiches. Trays of cookies. Trays of scones with whipped cream and jam. Trays of brownies. On and on for an hour. Usually each tray would pass you once. You picked what you wanted. By the end of our trip, we were spending just about every afternoon here. Sometimes Cooper was awake watching a video. Other times he was napping in his stroller. We were eating, drinking and playing Cribbage.
On two occasions, the tea time was a “special” tea time. During these, the trays were all laid out on a banquet table instead of the waiters walking around. Here are some pics….
Enjoying his tea time one afternoon 
“Mozart” tea time where the staff dressed up in costumes.
Hanging out with Coop on the balcony of our room.
Coop and Deb artwork
George playing Mario Kart with one of the boys. Coop was pretty fascinated.
One of the other kids took all the dinosaurs out one day for Cooper to find.
Some random dinner pics.
I thought having dessert every night after dinner and all the afternoon tea times would be a problem when we got home. Nope – Cooper never mentions it. But if you mention ice cream, he sure gets excited now! The first night at dinner I ordered him a banana split. From the kids menu, no less. I sure wish I had a picture of it – it was regular size and he ATTACKED it.
He loves to dip – any combination will do. Recently, he dipped his grilled cheese in ranch dressing. And he actually ate a couple bites like that.
Last but not least, pictures from our black tie nights.
“Come board Crystal Cruises,” the staff says, “and you will be part of our family.” It sure felt that way with many of them.
Once again, thank you to PokerStars for a fantastic trip! Now all you grinders, get working, so you can create your trip of a lifetime as well.
Trip blog over and OUT!
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