Happy 4th from the 49th
Our first full day on the Sun began early for me. I woke up at 4:45am to catch the sunrise—me and about 6 other people without balconies. All of us discovered pretty quickly that a dense fog had rolled in overnight. This made for some beautiful, moody photos (reminded me of the cloud-streaked landscape of Milford Sound), but none filled with the warm rose gold dawn I expected. So, after snapping a few pictures, I walked the spookily empty hallways back to my room and went right back to sleep. My second wake-up time was still pretty early for the rest of the snug and sleepy Kress-Davis family, so I left notes, grabbed my laptop, scored a cup of coffee, and settled into a comfy seat in the empty sports bar to blog-up day one while watching the ocean go by. An hour or so later when my hunger overcame my sense of family togetherness in all things, lo and behold, I found the rest of the fam at the buffet. This was a day at sea, and ...