Alaska - Vacation of a Lifetime

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June 18, 2010 – June 27, 2010Vancouver, Diamond Princess: Ketchikan Juneau Skagway Glacier Bay College FjordJune 27 – July 3Denali Fairbanks Barrow Anchorage

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Vancouver, June 18, 2010 Alaska, June 19 – July 3, 2010
June 19­26
Diamond Princess: Ketchikan Juneau Skagway Glacier Bay College Fjord

June 27 – July 3
Denali Fairbanks Barrow Anchorage

Family

Family
My sister, Bettie

Family
Bettie’s husband, Tommy

Family
Bettie’s daughter, Mary Anne

Family
Our friend, Suzanne

Family
My hubby, John

Family
People starved for the Internet

Family

On the Ship

On the Ship
Life Vests – Check!

On the Ship
Sailaway Party – Leaving Vancouver

On the Ship
I can’t believe we are really here!

On the Ship
Formal Night – Champagne Fountain

On the Ship
Fun in the Theater, awaiting a show

On the Ship
Showtime!

On the Ship
A lazy afternoon – Word games by the pool with sister, Bettie

On the Ship
Margaret’s Favorite Place #1 (Endless lap pool)

On the Ship
Margaret’s Favorite Place #2

On the Ship
Margaret’s Favorite Place #3 (Library with desk looking out on water)

Interesting Places

Interesting Places
Grouse Mountain, Vancouver (2010 Winter Olympics NBC Broadcast Site)

Interesting Places
Vancouver – When I took this night shot from my hotel window, I didn’t think about the fact that it would be the last “dark” I would see on the trip.

Interesting Places
Creek Street, Ketchikan

Interesting Places
Driftwood covered building, Skagway (now a visitor center)

Interesting Places
Seen at a campground in Skagway. I have no explanation (and don’t know if it works)

Interesting Places
Train Depot, Skagway

Interesting Placed
Four­time Iditarod Champion, Jeff King’s Husky Homestead

Interesting Places
40 Below Room, Riverboat Discovery, Fairbanks

Interesting Places
Alaska Oil Pipeline, Fairbanks

Interesting Places
Downtown Fairbanks

Interesting Places
Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska

Interesting Places
Nenana Visitors’ Center

Interesting Places
Anchorage Visitors’ Center – The grass covered log cabin is a recurring theme

Interesting Places
Lake Hood, Anchorage, World’s Busiest Floatplane Harbor

Interesting Places
You cannot see Russia from here.

Beautiful Scenery

Beautiful Scenery
Leaving Ketchikan

Beautiful Scenery
Railroad Trestle, Near Skagway

Beautiful Scenery
Glacier Bay National Park

Beautiful Scenery
A “ghost forest”, where the trees were killed by salt water flooding during the 1964 earthquake and tidal wave

Beautiful Scenery
Denali National Park

Beautiful Scenery
Denali National Park – We saw blue sky!

Beautiful Scenery
Denali National Park – Our second day was warm and sunny

Beautiful Scenery
Our only glimpse of Mt. McKinley

Beautiful Scenery
Beluga Point, near Anchorage – we didn’t see any whales

Glaciers

Glaciers
Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau

Glaciers
Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau

Glaciers
Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau

Glaciers
Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay

Glaciers
Margerie Glacier Calving (Big chunk falling off)

Glaciers
College Fjord – Trying to figure out which glacier is which

Glaciers
The 5 College Glaciers in College Fjord: Yale, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Harvard

Glaciers
Harvard Glacier, College Fjord

Glaciers
Portage Glacier near Whittier (A “Hanging” glacier)

Good Food

Good Food
Celebrating 25th Anniversary (International Dining Room, Diamond Princess)

Good Food
Baked Alaska on Parade (International Dining Room, Diamond Princess)

Good Food
Barbecue ribs, fried okra, and sweet tea – featured on Diners, Dives, and Drive­Ins

Good Food
Reindeer Corn Dog

Good Food
No explanation needed

Wildlife

Wildlife
In enclosure, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver

Wildlife
In captivity, Deer Creek Hatchery and Eagle Center, Ketchikan

Wildlife
On the sidewalk, Ketchikan

Wildlife
In Auke Bay, near Juneau

Wildlife
Stellar Sea Lions and Bald Eagle, Auke Bay, near Juneau

Wildlife
Glacier Bay

Wildlife
Porcupine, In enclosure, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Wildlife
Moose, in enclosure, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Wildlife
Moose, roaming free, Denali

Wildlife
Bear and two cubs, roaming free, Denali

Wildlife
Bear cubs, roaming free, Denali

Wildlife
Dall Sheep, roaming free, Denali

Wildlife
Badger, roaming free, Denali

Wildlife
Ground squirels, roaming free, Denali

Wildlife
Caribou, roaming free, Denali

Land of the Midnight Sun

Land of the Midnight Sun
June 25, Near Anchorage

Land of the Midnight Sun
June 27, Denali

Land of the Midnight Sun
June 30, Fairbanks

Land of the Midnight Sun
Midnight on our last night in Fairbanks, June 30

Land of the Midnight Sun

Parting Shots

Parting Shots

Parting Shots

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