Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Alaska!

A couple of weeks ago Mike and I had the opportunity to accompany my family on an Alaskan cruise! (Joel stayed with his very sweet aunt, uncle, and cousin for the week- and we missed him tons and tons, but it was very fun to go without him too!) It was a 7 day cruise leaving from Seattle and stopping at Ketchikan, Juneau, Sawyer Glacier, Skagway, and Prince Rupert Canada. Here a some highlights from our trip.
Kethikan:
The welcome Gate

One of the docks

Mike and his new friend (just kidding!)

We also went to the Great Alaskan Lumberjack show. It was very cool and slightly crazy at the different things they would do.






My very handsome husband (just had to throw this one in!)
My smarty pants brothersJuneau:
This is picture of the tourist side of Juneau. Mike and I spent the time in here riding the public transit system to Fred Meyers (it was here or walmart) to find a going home outfit for baby. It is very cute and well worth our time! Pictures to come in about 4 months!

Sawyer Glacier:
We went up one of the Fjords in Alaska to see the famous Sawyer Glacier. Here is a picture of me and my very cute little sister waiting why we traversed icebergs to see the glaciers!

One of the icebergs that we passed. And yes, the coloring is correct- they are baby blue in coloring. Very cool!


Mike and my brothers in the hot tub waiting to see the glacier. It was a good thought, considering it was sleeting outside and very cold. I felt justified in not being in it though when Mike told me the water was only about 75 degrees! Brrr


Just a pretty picture


I made Mike get out and take a picture with me in my winter coat and he in his swimsuit in front of the Glacier (way in the background in the picture!)


The famous Sawyer Glacier (once again, baby blue!)


My cute mom and dad giving Eskimo kisses in Alaska!

Skagway Alaska:

The boys went salmon fishing. They only caught one little 24ish lb fish that was too small to keep.

Skagway White Pass Train Monument


This building is for the Alaskan Brotherhood and is decorated with wood sticks on the outside. It looks very cool and is at least 65% origional.

Thanks to mom and dad for a wonderful vacation!

6 comments:

Lisa said...

Wow! Sounds like a ton of fun! And how lucky that you got away without Joel. It's so nice to be able to enjoy eachother as a couple every now and then!

*LaUrA* said...

Awesome!!! How fun! I want to go on a cruise! Did you like the ship?

Kelly said...

Wow what an amazing trip... not to mention beautiful place. This is my hubby's dream vacation. I will have to show him your post.

Linda@CraftaholicsAnonymous said...

So fun! I'm sooo jealous! love all your gorgeous photos.

Gurr Family said...

That looks like so much fun! I never knew there was so much fun stuff to do besides fishing.

Allison said...

24ish lb fish that was TOO SMALL?? Yikes. What do they consider a keeper size fish? What a bummer to not be able to chill in the hot tubs on a cold day... I hated that part of pregnancy restrictions! I love all of the pictures. :-)