Alaska Cruise 2012
Our 30th wedding anniversary Alaska cruise
aboard the Golden Princess cruise ship
leaving Seattle on September 11th 2010
aboard the Golden Princess cruise ship
leaving Seattle on September 11th 2010
Getting Started
At the Tulsa Airport ready to check in
In the air over Tulsa
High above the clouds
And over the mountains
Coming into Seattle
At our room in Seattle
A big tub for Kitty to get one last soak before we get on the ship
Looking out at the water from our 20th floor hotel window
The First Day
Heading to the Dock
All checked in going to get on our ship
The door to our room
Kitty checking out the schedule
Whoa this bathroom is going to take some getting used to
The ship backing out from the dock
Seattle in the background
Leaving Seattle
The Piazza on the ship
A watermelon carving
On the 7th floor deck
Sunday morning coffee on the balcony after a rough night at sea
Looking out the back of the ship from the 14th floor
Our Sunday night formal dinner, and our 30th anniversary cake
The Second Day Juneau
The sun rise on Monday morning, I was up at 6:00,
It was a nice clear day one of only 44 days a year
I saw my first whale 200 yards of the ship
Arriving in Juneau
Main street of Juneau
Our salmon bake was very good
Kitty heading down the walk after the salmon bake
We saw at least 8 whale, what an awesome thing to watch, we got a lot of good pictures
At the Mendenhall Glacier
Back at the ship
We ate dinner and watched the Northern Light from our balcony till after midnight,
It was an unbelievable site; words would not describe it.
The Third Day in Skagway
Waking up in Skagway
Leaving the ship and heading into Skagway
We spent a few hours looking in the shop in downtown Skagway
On the White Pass Summit Railroad into Yukon Territory
Over bridges
And through tunnels
At the Canadian border
A lake in Yukon Territory
Heading back down the mountain to Skagway
A view down the valley to Skagway were the cruise ships wait
A new twist on an old friend
The Forth Day Cruising Tracy Arm
Passing one of the many water fall going up Tracy Arm
Starting to see icebergs
A large iceberg
The water is getting full of icebergs
We passed our sister ship as they came out
Our first view of the glacier up ahead
This was as close as we could get because the water is full of icebergs
The Fifth Day Ketchikan
The Streets of Ketchikan
Getting ready to ride the ducks
A bald eagle
Heading to Creek Street
The salmon going up stream to spawn
A harbor seal catching his breakfast
On Creek Street
One of the many totem poles in Ketchikan
Heading back to the ship to sail to Victoria
The Sixth Day in Victoria B C
The Sixth Day in Victoria B C
Off the ship and waiting on our bus
Looking down a street in Victoria
The Parliament building
The Empress Hotel
Kitty outside the Empress Hotel in the rain
The tea room in the Empress Hotel
An old building in Victoria
Back on the ship and in the dry
Back in Seattle
Back at the dock in Seattle
Going down the ramp to the dock
Heading to find our bags
The monorail in Seattle
The monorail tract above the streets
Going to Pikes Place Market
A street musician in front of the first Starbucks
Kitty coming out of the original Starbucks
The croud at Pikes Place
The waterfall at waterfall garden
the place of the start of UPS
Kitty in Pioneer Square
Heading back home
Kitty in front of Top Pot Doughnuts
The train to take us to the airport
Kitty on the train
One last look at Seattle from the train
High above the mountains heading home
