Thursday, July 03, 2014

Alaska Trip - Part 2

Are you ready for part 2 of my Alaska trip.

I promised I would explain why Happy Bear is called Happy Bear.  This shirt might give you an idea. 


We discovered the "Mystery Drink".  Notice the duck whistle around Craig's neck.  He bought that on the tour we had taken.  He saved it for the Martini Bar back at the ship.


Each one of us had to try the Mystery Drink.


Even Steve's Mom.  I love this picture because it looks like she has enjoyed several "Mystery Drinks", but she didn't.  This was her only one.  You didn't see this picture.


I too had a couple of drinks.  Needless to say, none of us was feeling any pain when we got back on the ship.



The Asylum and the Burger Queen is where we started our day.


The amazing view from our deck.


Craig, showing of his new duck whistle.


We hit a great little shop where we picked up gifts for everyone and ourselves.  Steve bought me a cute jacket.


As we where leaving, Steve and I decided we would live on this island. 


We started seeing whales again.


One of the great things about our ship was the talks.  I wish I could remember his name but he was so informative.  He was in the bridge pointing out the whales and talking about their behavior.  Between the scenery and the whales it was amazing.  As I stood there and took pictures I happened to look up.


The whales where great, but this guy was amazing.  I just can't get enough of them.

Back in our room.


Some of the pictures I got while whale watching.  People around me where taking pictures of the whales while I was taking pictures of the landscape and the sunsets. 


Of course there are sea lions.



The sunsets always amazed me.  But what was more spectacular was the night sky.  This is after 10pm.  Steve and I would step out on the deck and the view would take our breath away.


Pictures as we make our way to the Sawyer Glacier.


We sat on our deck and ate breakfast to this view.




We unfortunately couldn't get to close to the glacier.  To much ice.  So I guess we will just have to go back to see it.  Steve agrees. 


This is also the area where we saw the mama bald eagle in her nest with her babies.  I needed a stronger zoom lens to get the shot clearly.  But it was an amazing sight.

More to come.

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