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Alaska Trip
Planning
I would like to thank all of you for your
suggestions on making our trip great! A special thanks to ICE
(International Cruise and Excursions, especially Gina Ruggiero and
Julie Murphy) for your wonderful service and booking us on the
Holland America's Westerdam.
Seattle
Andrea at hotel, ready for her adventure!
A quick visit to Pike Place Fish Market
Andrea with her friends, Christine and Tom Harvey,
in Seattle:
Ship looks great. Better than most she has been on:
Fire drill:
What a great view as the ship leaves Seattle:
What to do as we sail to Juneau? Shopping on board!
Taking a moment to enjoy the view, unwind and
relax:
Now let the eating begin!!!
Of course, with all the eating, we have to visit
the exercise room:
Wow, exercise builds the appetite. Now to tour the
kitchen and have a few samples:
Then to stay in touch with the office at the
Internet Cafe:
Then to the pool for more relaxing:
Here is the great "see no food" diet, which Andrea
just invented:
Land Ho!
Finally, land is sighted:
Hubbard Glacier
Andrea's husband, Gary with video camera, in front
of the Hubbard Glacier:
For a 3:10 minute video of the glacier breaking off,
click here.
Juneau
Entering Juneau:
Touring downtown Juneau:
Juneau from the top of the tram: For a 2:45 minute
video, click here.
The Andrea that we can hardly bear!
The helicopters for the dog sled ride:
On the way to the dogs:
View of the glacier from the helicopter:
Where are the dogs? It looks like a white-out!!!
Event cancelled, full refund!
Juneau bus service on the way home:
Ketchikan
Salmon Hatchery tour - processing the salmon
Guide explaining the differences between male and
female salmon:
Thousands of salmon heading upstream.: For a 1:22
minute of video,
click here.
To see a 43 second video of eagles,
click here.
Sitka
Touring downtown Sitka:
Seeing a new totem pole being constructed. For a 30 second video,
click here.
Visiting the totem park in the rain:
Here it is; the Zip-Line Challenge Course. Who knew?
Imagine balancing on a wet plank, high above the ground:
Then there were these wobbly steps!
Followed by the moving log trial:
Zipping down at high speed:
When you hit the wall, you climb it! Where are the steps?
These were not the steps I had in mind!
Sore and tired, we are leaving Sitka:
Victoria
We are in Canada! So many beautiful flowers:
Andrea can hardly bear it!
The sign says it all!
To see a 39 second video of the dining room staff singing at our final dinner on
board, click
here.
Seattle
Our transportation via Las Vegas
Journey Home
So much excitement and fun. Ahhh,
memories...
Remember, we all work hard, but life
is not only about making a living. It's about LIVING!
Call us today or
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be glad to share some of her adventures!
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