I knew that the ship was a finite location. Wherever I went
on my own, I would never be lost. I used my cane constantly, especially as a
signal so that other people could see me coming. Although this didn’t seem to
work as well around the buffet food queues, it worked well everywhere else. I
think that at the buffet, passengers were concentrating too hard on the vast
variety of foods rather than on what anybody else happened to be doing.
I really did like the feeling of independent movement. For
instance, at our stop at Ketchikan, I was tired after a day of walking around
but Lyle wanted to see more. He took me to the top of the gangway and left me
to negotiate my own way back to the cabin. This involved going through the
security, finding my way on the elevator and walking the long hallway from the
front of the ship to the stern. While this might not seem anything to someone
with sight, I felt enormously pleased with myself at the accomplishment. I also
felt good that Lyle had enough confidence in my ability to think that I could
manage on my own.
As for the entertainment on board – well, it was excellent. There
wasn’t enough time in seven nights to take it all in, but I have to mention Don
Alexander. Each night at nine o’clock, Don played in the piano bar. What a talented
musician! He played piano keyboard with his hands, a bass accompaniment with his
left foot, and sometimes held and played a saxophone with his left hand while
his right continued with the melody on the keys. Don was also a fine mimic and
on three separate nights played and sang tributes to Neil Diamond, Frank
Sinatra and Elton John. Don’s voice took on a very passable imitation of each.
The music simply flowed from his head through his fingers.
www.DonAlexanderMusic.com
As you know, this was our first cruise experience, but I
would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a little self indulgence
and a positive change of pace.
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