ALASKA

My parents, sister Meghan and I recently took a cruise to Alaska. We had a wonderful time, and of course, I had to share some pictures!

Before we boarded the ship, we spent a couple of hours at Pikes Place Market in Seattle. I love Seattle.

Our first stop was in Juneau where we took a trip to the Mendenhall Glacier.

After the glacier, we took a ride through the rainforest outside of Juneau. It was beautiful, so green!

I took pictures of the flowers throughout the trip. It seemed like everything was in bloom. This one is called Fireweed.

The Red Dog Saloon in Juneau.Our next stop was Skagway. We took a ride up into Yukon. The scenery along the way was amazing.

The color of this lake is caused by the silt deposited by glaciers long gone.

Instead of taking the bus back down, we took this train. It was a lot of fun and again, the scenery was incredible.

Our ship docked in Skagway.

One day the ship cruised Tracy Arm Fjord up to Sawyer Glacier. It was mighty cold and windy first thing in the morning! But it was so beautiful! So fun to be cruising through all the ice.

Our sister ship, the Star Princess on the way out of the Fjord. (We were on the Golden Princess.)

I love this picture. If you look closely, you can see the four of us standing on deck.

Can you believe how blue those chunks of ice are?

Sawyer Glacier in the distance.

Next we stopped in Ketchikan. We went snorkeling there, and all the pictures I took were with the underwater camera, so once I get those scanned I'll post a couple. We loved snorkeling in Alaska! This is a shot of the town.

Our final stop was in Victoria, B.C. We visited Buchart Gardens, but our ship didn't dock until about 7:30 pm, so we were there in the evening. I didn't get too many good shots, but took a few of some flowers.

We had such an amazing time and I can't wait to go back to Alaska. I love cruising in cool weather! I'd definitely recommend it!