On the day the "Smoking Gun" White House tape was released, the Nixon family embarked on a dinner cruise aboard the Sequoia. Time Magazine drew a poignant parallel, observing that the scene of the Nixon family boarding was "reminiscent of the Czar’s family going into exile." According to a New York Times article, Julie Eisenhower stated that, as of the cruise, Nixon had not yet conveyed to his family any intention to resign.