This and That on the Ship...

I just couldn't resist...I have a few more pictures that I took on the ship I want to share...

I love the fresh flowers they have on the ship...

Chocolate Late Buffet...they start 15 minutes early...just for pictures! That swan is an ice carving.

If you get so relaxed...(watching the rain..)

And forget what day it is...just check the elevator floor....

It will tell you the day of the week...

Gorgeous outside views...

And...maybe they still make people walk the plank?

 Ice cream again, and a cookie?? Are your buttons starting to pop??

Oh well, we'll just roll off the ship!

Victoria...last port

Victoria British Columbia was our last port on our Alaska trip.  It is the capital of BC.

The flowers in Victoria are wonderful!

 On our walk around the city we came to Fisherman Wharf and found this 'Water Town'. 

Floating houses! How cool would that be to live in one of thoses??!! 

Life is just to short. I would love to live in a place like this.

 Just get out the kayak to go down your front street!!

How about this one...roof top patio !!

Last to time to board the ship... and the following morning .....

We arrived in Seattle ...

And said farewell to our time aboard..

Glacier

We travelled up the Endicott Fjord. Going up the Fjord to the Dawes Glacier, there are many waterfalls.

The closer you get to the Glacier the more icebergs you see floating in the water. I lost all my Glacier pictures so don't have a close up of an Ice berg...

We heard and saw the glacier calving... It was a huge hunk of ice and caused quite a wave. Some waves can be large enough to capsize a canoe!

I have put a  link to give you a better idea of what the Glacier is like. 

It is a peaceful and beautiful trip!

Alaska

I lost all my pictures I took the first 5 days of our trip. I was so disappointed..but hubby had some pictures so the following are his pictures.

The first place we visited was Sitka, Alaska. 

It is known as Alaska's Little Russia. 

What I love about Sitka is all the little islands you see as you approach Sitka.

 St. Michael's Cathedral was built in 1844. It is one of the few places that look Russian in the town.

Juneau Alaska is the capital of Alaska. 

The following are now my pictures...

Ketchikan was the last city in Alaska that we visited. 

All 3 places greeted us with clouds and rain.

 One thing I found that these places had in common were the colourful buildings. 

Maybe it is because most days are dreary and wet so paint brightens the town?

These cities are built on hillsides. 

The only way to access them is by sea or air. 

Alaska is rich in history, gold, fishing, logging, wild life!

Krispy Kremes

Years ago we had a Krispy Kreme store in Calgary, the only one in Alberta. Every time we were in Calgary, we would take a trip to the store and look for that light on the front and we would get a free doughnut... Now I am not a doughnut person...but those hot donuts were wonderful... then one day...we went and the store was closed...so that was the end of Krispy Kreme in Canada, for us.

 Lately in the good old U.S. of A...I have not found a store that sold them...hot and fresh until this trip... It was close to Seattle...and guess what...

We took a walk down the bike trail...

Past beautiful wild flowers...

And look what we found...

Yes FRESH HOT DOUGHNUTS....

They were worth every calorie...but only one...until next time!

Well tomorrow our trip begins...we are heading North...yes North to Alaska!  See you there!

Lots of Water Under the ...Restaurant...

It was the fall of 1973 and we were celebrating our First Wedding Anniversary. 

We visited Coeur d'Alene Id. and went to a Floating Restaurant for supper.

Thirty Eight plus- years later we were passing thru and stopped for the night at a RV park...

and what did we see. . .  a Floating Restaurant...the one we had visited in 1973 right beside the RV Park!

I remember 1973... I was 6 months pregnant. Hubby called this restaurant...got off the phone and said...

I don't know if we should eat there. They serve Frogs??? 

Well it ended up it was Prawns... We had never heard of 'prawns' before!!

A lot has happened in the last 38 years...but it was fun to visit the restaurant after all these years...

A wonderful evening started our holidays!

Lily Pads

Pond at the RV Park on our trip. . .