Rare rafinmd Posted August 17 #5126 Share Posted August 17 There's a bit of a story behind today's sunrise. In 2003 I attempted a totally overland circumnavigation of the globe, taking a freighter from Montreal to Europe, rail and ferry connections to Helsinki, the trans-Siberian to Beijing, Crystal Harmony to Vancouver via Dutch Harbor, and rail back home. Unfortunately, SARS got in the way and I had to fly home from Beijing, but I was still fascinated by Dutch Harbor. In 2007 I planned another trip, flying to Fairbanks, working my way down to Homer, and then the Ferry Tustemena from Homer to Dutch and back to Kodiak. On August 17, 2007 I left Fairbanks for Denali. Roy 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 17 #5127 Share Posted August 17 Photo from around 5:00 am local Alaska time as we are making our way to Skagway, Alaska. Keith 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctjon Posted August 17 #5128 Share Posted August 17 While we are doing sunrises - this from the totally other end of the US - from the West Quoddy lighthouse in Lubec Maine. This is the most Eastern location in the US. It was at 5:30 am on Thursday Aug 15. Not seeming to some but this city in Maine is also the closest US city to Africa because it sticks out so far east. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted August 17 #5129 Share Posted August 17 That’s fascinating, Jon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 18 #5130 Share Posted August 18 While more ships visit Skagway than on our first visit the town is pretty much like we remember it. Keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 18 #5131 Share Posted August 18 Today's sunrise is from my 2014 Alaska cruise on MS Statendam. August 18 was a sea day from Seward to Glacier Bay: Roy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auf-d in Peace Posted August 18 #5132 Share Posted August 18 On 6/9/2023 at 7:39 AM, rafinmd said: I'm pretty sure that was 8218, (LA), San Diego to New York: Trying to remember, had Crystal changed the numbering system before that cruise finally embarked? @Drib (Apparently the name is not still active) captured the photo and posted it. Roy Today, August 18, 2024, the sixth anniversary of this momentous occasion, I have returned to provide some additional context to Roy's post of June 9, 2023. On 6/9/2023 at 7:39 AM, rafinmd said: Trying to remember, had Crystal changed the numbering system before that cruise finally embarked? Roy, when that Grand Panama Canal cruise was first put online (November 2015 based on drib's database), it was V8218, and then it changed to OCS180 On 6/9/2023 at 7:39 AM, rafinmd said: @Drib (Apparently the name is not still active) captured the photo and posted it. That photo was taken by the Crystal Computer Lab Guy (CCLG) using someone's phone/camera from the group. drib only orchestrated the event from home using the live view from the Crystal web site. Below is the best of the ones he captured, and you can see CCLG on the far right. If you zoom in, you can see the phone and various other accoutrements in a pink case! I have several other images from this sequence that I may post later depending on ... well, you know. I noticed that the live views are back! I definitely understand why the Computer Lab view is not one of them. Many of the ones I captured in the course of this cruise - including Crystal Bach and Mahler and Esprit - when was the last time anyone has mentioned Esprit! - are still in my archives, and maybe I'll post a few of those too. Regards, Auf-d in Peace 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted August 18 #5133 Share Posted August 18 2 hours ago, Auf-d in Peace said: Today, August 18, 2024, the sixth anniversary of this momentous occasion, I have returned to provide some additional context to Roy's post of June 9, 2023. Roy, when that Grand Panama Canal cruise was first put online (November 2015 based on drib's database), it was V8218, and then it changed to OCS180 That photo was taken by the Crystal Computer Lab Guy (CCLG) using someone's phone/camera from the group. drib only orchestrated the event from home using the live view from the Crystal web site. Below is the best of the ones he captured, and you can see CCLG on the far right. If you zoom in, you can see the phone and various other accoutrements in a pink case! I have several other images from this sequence that I may post later depending on ... well, you know. I noticed that the live views are back! I definitely understand why the Computer Lab view is not one of them. Many of the ones I captured in the course of this cruise - including Crystal Bach and Mahler and Esprit - when was the last time anyone has mentioned Esprit! - are still in my archives, and maybe I'll post a few of those too. Regards, Auf-d in Peace Actually, I like the photo from Roy’s post of June of 2023, better. It must’ve come directly from that pink-cased phone. The only trouble is that Terry is in the shadow. I do agree it’s great to see CCLG in this one, direct from the now-only-history web cam in the computer room. This has been fun, @Auf-d in Peace! Thx! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 18 #5134 Share Posted August 18 A nice weather day in Sitka today with beautiful scenery. Keith 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenzSailing Posted August 19 #5135 Share Posted August 19 There's a famous passage in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" where a character is asked how he went bankrupt: "Two ways, gradually, then suddenly." I'm starting to feel that way about the condition of my various bodily joints. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 19 #5136 Share Posted August 19 Today's sunrise is from the smallest of the Royal Caribbean ships I have sailed, Empress of the Seas, on a short cruise out of Miami. On August 19, 2019 we visited Key West: Roy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 19 #5137 Share Posted August 19 The beauty of Alaska 2024. Keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 20 #5138 Share Posted August 20 I have a sunset rather than a sunrise today. It's from a 2017 Blount New England Islands cruise. On August 20 Grande Caribe visited Block Island, Rhode Island: Roy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auf-d in Peace Posted August 21 #5139 Share Posted August 21 (edited) On 8/18/2024 at 7:14 AM, Auf-d in Peace said: Roy, when that Grand Panama Canal cruise was first put online (November 2015 based on drib's database), it was V8218, and then it changed to OCS180 First, I'm just going to complete that sentence: November 2015 based on drib's database), it was V8218, and then it changed to OCS180810-20 sometime between November 1 and December 1, 2017 (based on readily available backups.) Second, I promised some additional live view photos. The ones I archived are all from the period August 11 through August 29, 2018. There are more than 150 of them every day albeit many redundant ones, so I tried to pick out what appeared most interesting at a glance. I think the reason I mention Esprit in my first post is because it had a magnificent itinerary along the Dalmation Coast, and you probably know how much I like big dogs. 😀 Who remembers when the most photos you could put in in one post was six? \ Edited August 21 by Auf-d in Peace 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare May B Posted August 21 #5140 Share Posted August 21 What a great and diverse group of photos! Thanks for the memories! I never thought of the Dalmatian coast as having anything to do with the breed of dog. Further research tells me, that’s where the breed of dog originated. Ok, I’ve learned my new thing today. Pretty great, considering it’s only 6 am. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 21 #5141 Share Posted August 21 I have a sunset today rather than a sunrise. It's from my 2014 Statendam Alaska cruise. 10 years ago today we visited Juneau: Roy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 21 #5142 Share Posted August 21 Appetizers last night at Waterside. Look familiar. Keith 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 21 #5143 Share Posted August 21 Eight years ago today Crystal Serenity made what may have been the first ever large cruise ship visit to Nome, Alaska, and we met a really interesting mayor: Later in our "Community Visit" we passed the endpoint of the Iditarod: Roy 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 21 #5144 Share Posted August 21 This reflects today for Anne Marie and myself. Keith 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 22 #5145 Share Posted August 22 Today's sunrise is from my 2014 Statendam Alaska cruise. On August 22 we had a mid-day arrival in Ketchikan: Roy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 22 #5146 Share Posted August 22 Pool deck from earlier this morning. Keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 22 #5147 Share Posted August 22 Not exactly Crystal style travel but sad news that Rick Steves has been diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 69. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted August 23 #5148 Share Posted August 23 Today's sunrise is from my 2013 Veendam New England/Canada cruise. On August 23 we visited Portland, our last port before returning to Boston. Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 23 #5149 Share Posted August 23 Turn up the volume to hear part of What A Wonderful World. Keith IMG_4791.mov 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TER777 Posted August 23 #5150 Share Posted August 23 92 mph wind gusts as the Symphony bounces through the North Sea on the way from Copenhagen to Ijmuiden (Amsterdam). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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