Alaskan Cruise - Whatever Day???

I told you I would be concentrating on some food photos today – that is a HUGE part of cruising. OH MY the FOOD!!!! This is Drum Fish I think…I also had WaHoo (I'm sure I spelled that right) – they were both very good! I had alot of fun trying new food – I even had frog legs!!! And YES – they taste just like chicken – REALLY! I also had the opportunity to try caviar – but just couldn't bring myself to do it – EEK!

Isn't this pretty? It's so little – they really needed to give me two of them….growing girls need their sugar!

This is the butter for our rolls – everything is sooooo fancy. I'm happy to report to my native Wisconsinites – this is GRASSLAND Butter too!!!!

I was honored to have dinner with Rich Jutkins, the president of Stampin' Up! and his wife Wendi, as well as another demonstrator and her friend (and dang it if I can't remember their names – I know – again SHOCKING!). We ate in the SS United States restaurant – this is a special French dining room on the ship where you can make reservations for a very elegant meal.

Before our dinner, we were treated to a tour of the BRIDGE – this is where they drive the ship!!!

Here's Steve and I with the captain…and as you can see – I'm mapping out our next leg of the journey! Now there's a scary thought!!! Steve came up with some really good ideas to make our cruising experience a little more of an adventure….he told the captain that he ought to make a couple emergency stops and do a couple donuts!!!!! I almost peed my pants laughing!!!! His reasoning made alot of sense to me…."there's no chance of hitting anything!!!!"

Here are a couple of the appetizers – I'd rather call them that, than hor'odevors because I don't know for sure how to spell that! Aren't they fancy???

I'm not sure what this is – but it took alot of work to make it…

This was my meal – steak and lobster. Those french are known for their small portions – I could have used two lobster tails…it was delicious!

My new demo friend (the one I can't remember her name) had this dish. It's venison – how beautiful! I asked the waitress where that venison came from and it was NOT Wisconsin deer. New Zealand Red Deer.

And now for dessert…how gorgeous is this? Steve thoroughly enjoyed it…

But I topped him!!!! Check this one out??? It was a sampling of all the desserts on the menu! Remember that comment about "the diet?" YEA

We received this little plate every afternoon in our stateroom. Today it included caviar – and I just couldn't bring myself to try it – fish eggs – gross!

Here's a funny photo – well not really that funny when you know why Hailey is sooooo sad. She was one number away from winning the Blackout Bingo game on our last day…the caller called 6 more numbers as she waited with that last number. Here's the really sad part….the winner won $1400!!!!! Boo!!!!