Arriving in Yakutat Bay to view Hubbard Glacier
Amazing - Hubbard Glacier
Hubbard Glacier - calving! You can see the chunk is starting to come loose!
Hubbard Glacier - calving! Same chunk - breaking away! This piece is about 5 stories tall!
The sound of this chunk falling into the water was similar to a miniature explosion.
WOW!!! I was so happy to have captured this whole thing on camera!!
Hubbard Glacier: Mary & Kandy taking in the awesome views.
Juneau, AK: Here come our choppers!
Juneau, AK: Mary co-piloting during our helicopter tour!
Juneau, AK: This is an aerial shot of the "Hole in the Wall" Glacier. Great views on our helicopter tour - these are lakes within the crevices.
Juneau: This is what they call a "floating glacier". It has a river running beneath it!
Juneau, AK: A beautiful lake with the clouds reflecting. There are so many untouched areas (then again -they are not accessible!)
Ketchikan, AK: Incredible views of waterfalls, lakes, etc were plentiful on our floatplane ride into the Misty Fjords National Park.
Ketchikan, AK: Incredible views of Misty Fjords National Park.
Juneau, AK: DogTown USA from the air. We're ready to go mushin!
Juneau, AK: DogTown USA - home of 250 Ididarod dogs!
Juneau, AK: Our fearless leaders are ready to go!
Juneau, AK: Woohoo!! Here we go! It's a little warm for the dogs today, they prefer -10 and we're at about 40 degrees.
Juneau, AK: Awe, they are so sweet!
Juneau, AK: Kandy giving extra scratches to a love bug pooch.
Holland America Westerdam: What a beautiful ship! Here's the glass elevator spanning up 9 decks with a massive 1850 passengers on board - WOW!
Holland America, Westerdam: Kandy enjoying our deck...and doing homework.
Westerdam: Each night, we came into our cabin to find an original towel crafted animal! We had a whole collection on our couch by the end of the trip
Mary whale watching from our deck. We saw lots of whales!
WOOHOO! We finally caught a bit of the whale blowholes in action!
Sitka: Bald Eagles posing at the Raptor Rehabilitation Center.
Sitka: Nature guide shares stories about local wildlife, this is some kind of crab.
Sitka: Kandy & Mary on a wild life trek!
Sitka: Got lucky enough to catch this sea otter lounging while we were on a catamaran ride.
Sitka: This is a crazy picture! It's low tide and these clams are hanging out on a dock support beam.
Sitka: wildlife trek - more cool clam shells - these are still alive!
Sika: Another creature from our wildlife trek. This is some kind of sunfish. You can see it has lost a tenticle and is growing it back.
Victoria, BC - Buchart Gardens here we come!
Buchart Gardens: This amazing 55 acre area was originally a limestone quarry that was remodeled. Now about 2 million people visit each year.
Butchart Gardens: Well, they are famous for their 400+ varieties of roses, but I was captivated by this unusual flower.
Butchart Gardens: a pond with an amazing light & water show.
Beautiful mountain shot at sunset.. Doesn't this look like the Paramount Movie intro?
A beautiful sunset taken from the cruise ship.
Hubbard Glacier: spectacular scenery!
