Last Night to have a chance....

When I last left you, we were looking forward to a Northern Lights Safari tour. To make a long story short, it turned out to be a five hour mini-bus ride in a snowstorm! Naturally, we were pretty bummed out that we didn’t get to see the lights on Friday night. Especially since we paid something like $150 each for the privilege of driving 90 miles in said snowstorm.

However, Saturday night was another story. During the day the sky was finally clear. We even had several hours of mild sunshine, even though the outside temperature was around 30°. The sun never got more than a little bit above the horizon all day, but at least it was real sunshine. Hopes were high.

Having checked the weather, checked the forecast app, checked the Aurora app, and every other app and predictive item we could think of, we made plans to skip dinner in the dining room and put on all of our cold-weather gear to go outside as soon as it was dark. Even before it was dark, the captain came on the intercom throughout the ship and made an announcement that the Aurora was a little bit visible during the twilight. So, we rushed out of cocktail hour, grabbed our cameras and hats and went outside to take a look. Other than a few moments to warm up inside and grab a quick bite for dinner in the buffet, we’ve been out for the last three hours and are so happy we can say finally we have seen the Aurora. We saw green, red, dancing curtains, and even managed a few pictures.

Tonight we are happy campers. I imagine so is Princess Cruises after all the delays and weather related troubles we have encountered.