One Down

Now that I have had a few days to look back on my first tour I realize, I still love this job. We had a rainy but calm boat trip on the Kenai Fjords with good whale sightings (pic. 1) and then I said goodbye to my group as they headed for their beautiful cruise ship. The group was really a lot of fun. Very interesting people and for the most part very good travelers, rolling with the punches and enjoying whatever came their way. Of course, you can't please all of the people all of the time, there were a couple of couples that always seemed to miss some information and therefore thought that I wasn't knowledgeable enough. Funny thing is that was true but I was able to fool most of the people. I learned so much doing it instead of being told about it that I am confident that the next tour will be so much better. A big part of my success came from paralleling a laid back, great guy (pic 2). We had a lot of fun together and he was happy to help me out on anything I asked.
There are always small problems; lack of room keys, a misplaced suitcase, a sick kid, weak ac on the train. These were all small so easy to deal with but I am waiting for the big one. I head for Fairbanks on the 12 hour train trip either Friday or Saturday and pick up my next tour on Sunday. I will then work 10 straight days and hopefully stay busy after that. I really don't to sit around for another 5 days without working.

Thanks for reading.