 Off to Alaska |
 Mountains of snow ... |
 Coastline before ... |
 Juneau approach ... |
 Juneau airport. |
 Mega cruise ships (not us) |
 Baranof Hotel ... |
 Franklin St. Main drag |
 Which way to go. |
 From our room. |
Monday, June 1, Juneau: Glacier Gardens; Mendenhall Glacier; Depart Auke Bay dock at 1500 for Haines; Arrive Haines 2300.
 Monday breakfast. |
 AK State Capitol Bld |
 Mountains galore |
 Glacier Gardens upside down trees |
 wirh ponds |
 Overlooking airport ... |
 Distant mountains. |
 Mendenhall Glacier ... |
 up close ... |
 with us. |
 Clacial change ... |
 Brotherhood Bridge ... |
 itself. |
 Mendenhall peaks. |
 American Constallation |
 Our cabin. |
 Crab & Shrimp entree |
 Cheesecake & Huckleberry |
 Under way. |
 Hors de oeuves - Shrimp and ... |
 Red Crab. |
 Seared Halibut entree. |
 west side of Lynn Canal |
 Track 1 Juneau - Haines |
 Humpback whale ... |
 Whale spout ... |
 another spout. |
 Majestic peak ... |
 up close. |
 Eldred Rock light |
 Dinner time |
 Many peaks |
 up close. |
 Approaching Haines |
 Big cruiser heading for Skagway |
 Gosha and Ali |
 Late light ... |
 is beautifulI ... |
 Tender taking crew ashore at Haines. |
 Docking. |
 Almost last light. |
 Dinner! |
 10:00 pm light. |
 Beautiful peak. |
Tuesday, June 2, Haines: Sheldon Museum; Hammer Museum;Raptor Center. Depart for Glacier Bay 1730.
 Haines ... |
 low tide .. |
 our ship ... |
 info kiosk. |
 Museum ... |
 Lighthouses & wrecks |
 Fresnel lighthouse lens |
 Native crests |
 Typical canoe. |
 The pull of gold ... |
 Dalton trail ... |
 sled. |
 This is the ... |
 Hammer Museum ... |
 Front yard art .. |
 front door ... |
 Take your pick ... |
 hammers everywhere ... |
 all kinds & sizes. |
 Raptor Center ... |
 Typical wildlife ... |
 large ... |
 medium ... |
 and family. |
Wednesday, June 3, Arrive Glacier Bay 0600. S. Marble Islands; Russell Island; Margerie Glacier; Geikie Inlet.
 Glacier Bay Day 1 |
 Raft of Sea Otters |
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 David talks of birds ... |
 Common Murre |
 Puffin |
 S. Marbel Island Sea Lions ... |
 Glacous Gulls ... |
 Murres ... |
 Puffins. |
 Tidal Inlet ... |
 Entry point ... |
 long view ... |
 Nice waterfall. |
 In the background ... |
 Mt. Fairweather 15K feet |
 Russel Island passage |
 Hot chocolate bar & ... |
 Mountain Goat |
 Tarr Inlet glaciers ... |
 here we come. |
 Glacier breeding ground ... |
 bergy bits ... |
 Old glacier silt |
 Ferris Glacier dirt covered end of Tarr Inlet |
 Pretty berg |
 Margerie Glacier ... |
 mountain source ... |
 dorty face ... |
 bright face. |
 Overnight anchorage Geikie Inlet. |
Thuesday, June 4, Glacier Bay, Bartlett Cove National Park HQ; Depart for Petersburg 1300.
 Park HQ Bartlett Cove |
 Major peaks over 10K' ... |
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 La Perouse 10.7K Mt. Crillon 12.7K |
 Mt. Bertha 10.2K Lituya Mountain 11.7K Mt. Sailsbury 12.0K |
 Mt. Fairweather 15.3K Mt.Root 12.8K |
 Ranger describes ... |
 Tlingit canoe. |
 Park Lodge / HQ.IMG_1706 |
 Our ShipIMG_1708 |
 Humpback Whale ... |
 Baleen ... |
 and sketeton. |
Friday, June 5, Arrive Petersburg 0800. Dock Walk; Town Walk; Sons of Norway; Depart for Wrangell 2000.
 Icy Strait to Petersburg |
 Killing time |
 Rainy approach ... |
 with fog ... |
 Petersburg ... |
 pleasure craft dock ... |
 and another ... |
 Main salmon cannery ... |
 Fishing boats |
 Dock ramp at low tide. |
 Our gangway ... |
 for dock tour ... |
 Long line boat ... |
 Ready to sein salmon ... |
 Reba: tour guide; owns with husband; and 5 yo twins. |
 Set up for ... |
 Dungeness crab. |
 This one's for ... |
 gill netting. |
 And trawlling boats. |
 View from our top deck. |
 Ashore at Petersburg ... |
 narrow street ... |
 for sale ... |
 great mural ... |
 main street. |
 Mariner tribute & Sons of Norway Hall |
 Fisherman's Memorial |
 Great ship ... |
 We are welcomed ... |
 traditional goodies ... |
 and dancing. |
 Ship's bridge ... |
 Chartplotter # 1 ... |
 Chartplotter # 2. |
Saturday, June 6, Arrive Wrangell 0030. Wrangell Museum; Petroglyph Beach. Depart for Dawes Glacier and Juneau 1930.
 Petersburg to Wrangell |
 Foggy morning ... |
 dockside. |
 Wrangle Museum |
 Controlling countries: Russia; England: US |
 Totem poles returned ... |
 great head. |
 Impressive! |
 Chief Shakes' House... |
 Original pole from house. |
 Tlingit celebration. |
 Petroglygh walk ... |
 origin uncertain. |
 Front yard deer ... |
 Typical ... |
 more ... |
 amazing. |
 Source rocks. |
 Viewing deck. |
 Garnet shop, run by Reba's mom ... |
 also sells Devil's Club. |
Sunday, June 7, Endicott Arm / Dawes Glacier 0700 - 1300; Arrive Juneau 1900.
 Petersburg to Dawes Glacier |
 Heading for Endicott Arm ... |
 low clouds ... |
 nice icebergs ... |
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 Stratified cloud ... |
 waterfall ... |
 medium, and ... |
 large.IMG_1900 |
 Dawes Glacier ahead. |
 Harbor Seals and ... |
 pups. |
 Impressive ... |
 and zoomed in. |
 Humpback G. left. |
 Source mountains. |
 Zoom is from 2 miles away, the closest we got. |
 That's us! |
 Farewell waterfalls. |
 Ship's crew Q & A. |
 Bourbon tasting. |
 Powers family entertainment |
 Last evening. |
 Bags are out. |
Monday, June 8, Depart ship 0815; Alaska flight to Seattle 1300; Depart Seattle for San Jose 5:45; Arrive SJC 2000.
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