Cruising the Coast of Alaska
After leaving Anchorage, traveling down the coast and through a 2 and a half mile tunnel, we boarded the ship in a little town of Whittier. What an adventure we were starting! First morning we woke up with the view of the glaciers as we headed into College Fjord. Quite spectacular! We explored the ship and Mark played a little golf (won 2nd in closest to the pin) and a little chess and I took a swim and tried his cigar! Next day we headed into Glacier Bay. It was damp, cold and windy, but beautiful! The colors on the glaciers are so spectacular. That is a seal sitting on one of the little icebergs. Tuesday we docked in Skagway, which was my favorite town. It was colorful and still had its uniqueness of history. We took a buggy ride through the city, checked out the train (the front is set up to cut through the ice) and then headed out on a catamaran to Glacier Point. We hiked through the forest and then got into canoes and paddled to Davidson Glacier. Awesome! Wednesday we were in Juneau, state capitol. We suited up into extremely warm clothes and hiking boots and took the helicopter up to Mendenhall Glacier, where we hiked around for about an hour. We got to drink true icy glacier water as we watched it flow into bottomless holes. What an experience! Once back in town, we visited the Red Dog Saloon for some smoked salmon. On Thursday we were in Ketchikan for our snorkeling adventure. Due to health reasons, Mark was the designated photographer and got some really cool pictures! The snorkeling was not like snorkeling in Hawaii, it was more of just having the experience. I saw a lot of starfish and jellyfish, but not many fish! Friday was just a relaxing day cruising and then we docked in Vancouver on Saturday, where we took a city tour that included Stanley Park and the totem poles, before heading for home. Enjoy an extremely small few of the pictures!

