We had several ports of call on our way up to Seward. At each port we were able to get out and explore for the day, even participate in prearranged activities.
Our first port of call was Ketchikan, a fishing town that obviously also survives on the flood of cruising tourists each summer - I have never seen so many jewelry stores in one place!
 |
| Arriving early into Ketchikan |
 |
| Ketchikan from the ship |
 |
| Ketchikan |
 |
| Wandering through town |
 |
| The fishing boat seem so small |
 |
| Main street Ketchikan |
 |
| Totem poles |
 |
The only hill in the world you can go over,
through and around! |
 |
| Setting sail again |
 |
| The sunset leaving Ketchikan |
 |
| Wow |
 |
Another wonderful day comes
to an end! |
The next port of call was Icy Strait Point, which has to be one of the best places in the world. It is only a small place with no dock for the ship, to get ashore we had to get the small tender. Such a beautiful spot, again all I can do is let the photos show how amazing this place was!
 |
| Early morning arrival at Icy Strait Point |
 |
| Our first real glimpse of snow |
 |
| Catching the tender ashore |
 |
| Icy Strait Point |
 |
| Whale spotting in Icy Stait Point |
 |
| All aboard the tender heading ashore |
 |
| Mum and Dad at Icy Strait Point |
 |
| Sitting watching the ship on Icy Stait Point |
 |
The Alaska waters of Icy Strait
Point, as you can see a sunny day |
 |
| Wandering along the shore |
 |
| Finding beautiful starfish |
 |
Amazing sunstars!
They just keep growing legs. |
 |
| Another wonderful day comes to an end. |
 |
| Leaving Icy Stait Point |
Our next port of call was Juneau, another very tourist driven town full of so many jewelry stores and with four cruise ships in port plenty of tourists buying up the jems!
I went for a morning walk through town and to get away from all the tourists I thought I'd try out one of the local hiking trails .... until I became scared of running into a bear (they have both grizzly and black bears in Alaska!), I had to stop to ask a local about the bears and was told there are lots of them and I'd probably see a few and as long as I make a lot of noise going around corners I should be fine! Not feeling like being mauled so early on in the summer I headed back into town :-)
In the afternoon I went on a whale watching tour - and WOW! I am going to create another blog page just for that as it was so special and just spectacular.
I also got to get up close to Mendenhall Glacier just outside of Juneau - you could have stood there and watched it forever, amazing! To end another perfect day I went up the Mount Roberts Tramway for amazing views over Juneau.
 |
| Hiking in Juneau |
 |
| ... and not be eaten by a bear :-) |
 |
| It was nice to get out of town ... |
 |
| Mendenhall Glacier |
 |
| Amazing colours in the ice |
 |
| Ice floating away |
 |
| Views over Juneau |
 |
| One of many :-) |
 |
| Another perfect day comes to an end! |
Our last port of call was Skagway - The gateway to the Klondike, site of the Goldrush in 1898. I caught the White Pass and Yukon Railway across the border back into Yukon Territory Canada, following the original goldrush trail through the spectacular mountains. Once at the top of the world :-) I biked it back down to Skagway - wow what an absolute rush and beautiful scenery!
 |
| White Pass Train through the mountains |
 |
| Breathtaking scenery! |
 |
| On top of the world! |
 |
| Looking back to Skagway! |
 |
| Yukon Territory! |
 |
Ready to ride down the
mountain |
 |
| Stopping for photo opportunities |
 |
| Skagway |
 |
| Leaving Skagway |
 |
| More amazing Alaska |
 |
| Yep another amazing day :-) |
No comments:
Post a Comment