We go to breakfast and then back to the suite to wait our turn to go ashore. There are two performances planned at the village today. One in the morning with three staggered tender departures and one in the afternoon with three more tender departures.
This turns out to be the day of shows. As we are sitting on the balcony, two whales, a mom and her calf, swim right beside us and put on a wonderful display of blowing, diving and tails! This lasts for about 20 minutes until they get too far from the ship to enjoy.
The BBQ on shore is canceled; no reason given and now is being held on the pool deck from noon until 2PM. That is OK, but the timing is poorly thought out as many of the first group in the afternoon miss the special lunch. We are in the first group and have to meet for the tender at 12:30PM. There is a line at noon and not enough time to get the BBQ lunch so we and others miss it. On shore there are only soft drinks, tea, coffee and cookies, but we survive.
It is a nice boat ride to the village dock in front of the 12 room hotel. The hotel is a village project to attract people who want to take tours to possibly see a Spirit Bear, a white bear. The tribal program lasts about an hour and is a combination of a history and customs lecture by Chief Charley and a dance program put on by the young people of the tribe. It is interesting and fun to watch. Chief Charley is very proud of his young people and is active in helping them do the dances just right. In turn, they seem very eager to please him and us. There is also very interesting tribal music by the older members of the tribe. We really like the rhythm.
Just a reminder, the walk is as rough as the tour information says. It is 1,400 meters on a potholed gravel road with three short hills to go up and down. Carolyn walks with canes and bad knees and Dick has a bad knee. We manage but are glad we were the first tender as the second tender group passes us on the walk in. We are glad we made the effort.
Back on the ship with a visit to Seabourn Square for a couple of tea sandwiches, tea and some ice cream we are satisfied and head to the room for rest . We sit on the balcony since it is such a beautiful day and guess what...here come the whales again. It is probably the same two. They again do their little dance along the side of the ship! What a wonderful day!! Whales and Tales!!!
We end the day at a table for nine hosted by the Cruise Director, Sophia. She is a delightful hostess and the table is a mix of very talkative US, Australian and English couples.
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