/a Excursion 过了这多天，童心苕才搞清白，游轮上的洋文excursion，就是放风的意思。坐游轮，不外乎是待在船上(on board)，或是上岸放风(shore excursion)。游轮靠岸后，当地一般有些本埠特色的游乐、探险等项目，供游客选择。有些项目要收费，游轮代售的项目，也称作excursion。 根据群老板的建议，此次10天游轮旅行，我们只购买了一个excursion项目，就是Glacier Point Wildness Safari (冰川游)。整个excursion，加上在Skagway (一座滨海小镇) 逛街，花了一老天。期间有几个桥段，分辑于下。虽趣舍万殊，静躁不同，亦可资谈笑。
/b Where’s my wife Immediately after breakfast, we started in a hurry getting ashore. I was lagging behind due to a personal rest-room errand, which literally made my wife very angry with me. She wanted me in her control 24/7, with zero tolerance of me out of her kind watch. When I caught up at last with the team, my wife was waiting for me at the very end of the line with people going outwards of the ship. It was at that moment I heard a guy behind me yelling “where is my wife?” One of the guest attendants replied: “My duty does not include your wife’s whereabouts, but what’s happening to your wife, Sir?” "I lost my wife,” the guy continued yelling, “she left me alone, and took away my excursion ticket, without letting me know.” "And, I can’t live alone without my wife taking care of me.” The guy added, almost crying. "What a lucky guy!” I said to myself, and perhaps being a little jealous, I stopped following what happened to the guy later on!
/c 感冒灵 以上桥段，让我想起我们的群老板，一位让我刮目相看的资深妻管严。之所以要刮目相看，是因为这位老板一反常态。妻管严这事，搁别人身上，当羞于启齿，这位老板，则引以为豪，且发自内心。 老板曾私下跟我交心，他是真心要老婆管。他说，一天不管问题多，两天不管走下坡，三天不管没法活。能说出这话的人，怎不让人刮目相看呢！ 昨天晚餐，大家一起喝了一杯。老板阿姨好多年没沾酒了，昨晚居然喝到腮红，把老板一旁看得，幸福感爆棚。一时诗情澎拜，当即口占一首： 把酒交盏 是要醉于你的腮红 隔目相望 奈唇齿尽埋于羞萌 掩情于心 双眼轻抚你的玉面 情到浓时 我已是正月的灯笼 老板诗意未尽，老板阿姨已是涕泪交流。我当即建议，因此诗无题，当冠名“感冒灵”。以后每当老板阿姨感冒了，鼻子堵塞，读此诗，即可通鼻解淤。
/d 二佰伍 我们家乡土话，二佰伍是指比苕货更傻的人。用数学语言描述：苕货的二次元 = 二佰伍。 这里说起二佰伍，有三个意思。一是我们从cruise网站上买的这个shore excursion，每人刚好花了二佰伍。等到下船后，发现当地同样的项目，价钱只要两百。得，不知不觉中，大家当了一回二佰伍。 二是到了冰川跟前，大家抬头一望，发现远处山峦，都长得一般高。书记惊叫起来，哇！搞了半天，回到河南平顶山了。真是一群二佰伍。 三是冰川之行实在不值，我这童心苕就埋怨，二百五十美金，丢河里去了。书记安慰说，他们还提供午餐，有龙虾，加帝王蟹。结果午餐拿到手，一看，只有一个火鸡卷、一小盒苹果酱，外加两小条米泡饼干。看来，我们遇上了一位二佰伍书记。 再说书记夫人，就是朱莉奶奶，拿到这顿午餐，连闻都不闻，干脆利落，直接扔进了垃圾桶。只有我这童心苕，一样不剩，吃完了这顿three course meal。因为想着要补充能量，下午好在Skagway逛街。
/e Jim Jim was one of the 3 boat guys who transferred us from Skagway to Glacier Point yesterday. When we got back on Jim’s boat again after finished the glacier point wilderness safari, Jim found that I was not happy, and he asked why. “Well, a little disappointed. It was just a distant looking, they didn’t allow us stepping up on the glacier.” I said. "It’s for your safety, ‘cause the glacier is not stable around this time of the year.” Jim explained. He also mentioned that there was an ice collapse recently. Later, Jim told me that he got a chance the other day touring the higher elevation up on the glacier, and was so lucky that he shot some great pictures over there. “If you like it, I can airdrop you some of them.” “ That would be truly appreciated!” I responded, thankfully (see those pictures on Alaska Cruise Log 1-3).
