Alaskan Cruise

 

Gene and I went on an Alaskan cruise the first week of May. These pictures are in reverse order, still can't figure out this blog! We went in/out of Seattle and spent a night there each time. At the end of our cruise we had a full day to sightsee in Seattle so we went to the Space Needle and the Chihuly Gardens. A little known fact about me, I'm quite taken with art glass and Dale Chihuly is a living legend in art glass. He's from the Seattle area and my pictures don't do his work justice.

 

 

 

Now we're in Victoria, BC at Fisherman's Wharf. It's a lovely old city, we walked from the ship to the wharf, ate fish and chips and looked at these funky houseboats. Water taxis will take you most anywhere, so we rode over to the Empress Hotel and walked around the capitol building before walking back to the ship.

 

This is Totem Park in Ketchikan. That building is used for regular tribal meetings. There is a large collection of totem poles in this park.

 

Creek Street in Ketchikan, pretty cool, very touristy but we liked the river running through it.

I just thought this was funny. Probably not funny if you live there and you have a tsunami! That's our ship in the background. Holland America-Westerdam, she carries 1,800 passengers and is considered a mid-sized ship.

This is Sitka. The city only has 14 miles of paved road. I liked it!

 Now we're in Glacier Bay and that's Margerie Glacier behind us. The ship spent hours here, in a slow spin so you could see everything. Most everyone was out on deck.

 This is the John Hopkins Glacier, also in Glacier Bay. I thought the rugged mountain peaks in the background were fabulous.

 Our first stop was Juneau and the ship literally pulls up in town! All 3 of the towns we visited are only accessible by boat or airplane.

 Saw this at the Juneau Rainforest Gardens.

Mendenhall Glacier at Juneau.

 

So there you have it! It was a great 7 day cruise, I think we both liked Alaska and I'd certainly go back again! Cruising isn't a bad way to travel either.

 

Joan