Monday October 19, 2015 At Sea on the St. Lawrence Seaway

Entrance to the St. Lawrence Seaway

This was our scheduled day at sea and we had entered the St. Lawrence Seaway.  We slept in and then ordered our coffee and breakfast.  It was cold out so we stayed in the cabin except a few times we went on the balcony for pictures.  Most of the day we were in sight of shore, sometimes very close.

Entering the Saguenay Fjord

There is supposed to be the face of an Indian there somewhere

Our view of the statue

At the start of the cruise I had put in a shout out for a meeting of geocachers.  The time was set for today at 4:15.  From the logs of caches that I had found, I knew there were at least two other cachers on board.  As the time for the meeting approached we were reaching a point in the fjord. There was a statue on the hillside, Notre Dame du Saguenay.

A view of the statue from the Internet

At 4:15 we met with the other cachers in the Wheelhouse Bar.  There were two other couples that were cachers and a third couple that had heard about caching and wanted to learn more. We met for about an hour exchanging stories and experiences.  The other cachers were Jim Powell, from Ontario, JRP43 and Roger Perss, from Illinois, FeastBeast2.

Neva went to the doctor.  He removed 4 more stitches.  The doctor again advised taking it easy with as little walking as possible.

We also went to the Internet Café and caught up on computer chores.  Internet service in the cabin is still poor.

Baked Alaska and our junior waiter

We had dinner at our usual time and place.  Tonight they had the parade of the Baked Alaska, but will be serving it tomorrow.  We planned to go to the Crooners Lounge for the piano player but he quit early because of the balloon drop celebrating the 50 year anniversary for Princess Cruise Lines.  We didn’t stay for that.  

Our singing Maitre D'hotel, Hector

We were ready for bed at midnight but had to adjust our alarm because tonight the clock goes back an hour and the iPad hasn’t reset.  The reason for the alarm was that our tour in Quebec meets at 8:25.