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Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby mushu mama » Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:00 am

Love seeing the photos Keith :)
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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby KeithS » Sat Oct 24, 2015 4:51 pm

Okay folks - on to the next day! This is trip heading up Tracey Arm in Alaska. We were blessed by a beautiful clear day and we literally took over 500 photos this day and I'm only sharing 16 (sorry - it just takes too long to sort them out!!)

Anyway - on to the photos.

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Here is our view this morning - glorious snow covered mountains, blue sky and blue water!

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Sea ice! In the distance is a Princess Cruises ship parked at the entry of Tracey Arm.

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Humpback whale time - there were actually two of them side by side.

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Donald was up on deck to see what all the fuss was about.

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Mountains and valleys.

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The views were like this all day long!

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The photos lose a sense of scale to how big the mountains are - you'll just have to go yourselves!

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The passage looks narrow - and it really was a tight fit in places!

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The four of us enjoying the sunshine!

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This is the Tracey Arm glacier we've come to see - and the source of all the sea ice floating past our ship all day.

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Della watching the ice float past from our balcony.

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Late afternoon and we are now heading back along the inside passage towards Skagway.

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The crew of the ship hoisted two glacier-icebergs aboard. The ice was hundreds of years old having travelled down the glacier to the sea.

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After a great day, we went to Palo for dinner with Brian and Patti.

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And we were presented with the plate after our chocolate soufflé dessert!

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And after dinner, I ran into Belle in a hallway and managed to grab a selfie with her :) The perfect end to a great day!! The next day, we head to Skagway!!
Keith

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DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby KeithS » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:24 pm

The day after Tracey Arm, we docked at Skagway!

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How's the weather Della?

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Hmmm - don't think there will be any rain today :)

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Skagway is a pretty little town which served as the gateway to people heading to the Klondike gold rush.

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When it snows, they crank up this bad-boy to clear the railway line.

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We took the historic train from the dock up into the mountains and across into Canada.

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This old trestle bridge is now bypassed.

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This is as far north as we go - exactly 60 degrees north of the equator!

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We stop here for water...

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And watch the canoeists sail past.

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And now we are heading back down the mountains towards the port again.

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Back in Skagway, we pose in front of the town sign.

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Back on board, and we run into some new friends!

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And Olaf!! Which was very fitting because this evening is the Frozen theme night!

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Even our servers had Frozen themed waistcoats and we were all given light-up ice crystals (which Della and Patti are wearing!)

Anyway - our day in Skagway was fantastic and the train trip was brilliant. Next up - we visit Juneau and go dog sledding!
Keith

Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby calisota » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:31 pm

Olaf really doesn't seem to know what to do with his hands.

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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby Rebecca » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:05 pm

Wow! What great pictures. Looks like an amazing trip. I hope to do that cruise one day. Thanks for sharing :D
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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby KeithS » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:54 am

Thanks for sharing :D
No worries Rebecca - I should be posting the next set soon. It is hard to pick a small number of photos when we have so many!
Keith

Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015

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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby churros » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:14 pm

So blue!

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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby mushu mama » Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:24 pm

The abandoned train tracks/bridge reminds me of the opening scene from one of the Toy Story movies ( can't recall which one right now)... :lol:
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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby KeithS » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:06 pm

Okay - time to go dog sledding in Juneau!

Firstly, we need to catch a helicopter up to the glacier where the dog camp is located.

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We are airborne - Della has never been in a helicopter before and was a little nervous.

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Hey look! There's our ship!

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Formation flying over the mountains.

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High in the mountains over the glacier.

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There's the dog camp in the distance!

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Safely on the ground!

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Wow - ice and snow for miles and miles.

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He's heading off to get the next load.

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Puppies!

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Two of our dogs that took us for a ride.

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Della making friends with "Riley"

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Two other teams out on the ice.

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The view from the driver's seat!

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Della and a puppy!

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Here comes our ride home!

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Heading back to Juneau.

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The glacier looked amazing.

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Safe on the ground and we head to the shops in downtown Juneau.

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And now we are walking back to our ship - safely docked in Juneau Harbour!

That's it for Juneau - another great day in Alaska. Next stop, we are heading to Ketchikan and the rainforest.
Keith

Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015

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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby calisota » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:41 pm

That's amazing! I didn't even know you could do that!

Apart from eat caribou steak in a diner, the only really memorable thing I did in Juno was see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull when it first came out. In other words, something I'm trying to forget. :lol:

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Re: Keith and Della's Alaska/Hawaii Cruises - 2015

Postby churros » Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:11 pm

Cute puppies!

It all looks so lovely!


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