Where are we now

 Yesterday’s photo was at Icy Straits Point, Alaska, where bears outnumber the people four to one, and average around 1200 pounds. 

Today we’re at Juneau, Alaska’s state capital. We shared the port with three other cruise ships, all with a lot more than four times as many passengers than ours. We have about 900.

The day started early with a bus ride to Mendenhall Glacier. 

Mendenhall Glacier is only 13 miles from Juneau and accessible by road, which makes it extremely popular. 

Then we caught a boat to to go whale watching. 

We also saw a bear, eagles, and orcas. 

Then we returned to Juneau and documented we were here 

Friday cat is on a cruise

 
 

In ‘n out

 We made our way into Yakutat Bay to view Hubbard Glacier.

It is six miles across it’s face and up to 400 feet tall. 

We waited for one ship to leave, and another waited for us. 

Time flies

 I can’t post much about Valdez, other than it wasn’t here until 1898, and it almost vanished in 1964 during the 9.2 earthquake.

It was foggy when there weren’t low clouds, so we could not see the glacier.

It finally began to clear a little as we were leaving port.

Did I mention August is the rainy season?

No words . . .

 . . . almost

  Another eagle

A pod of orcas

Holgate Glacier 

Das boot*

 

Yeah, that’s not it.

It’s around here, somewhere. 

Here it is, Viking Orion, our home until August 31.

And here’s an eagle. 

*the boat (with apologies for my limited German) 

Who knew?

 August is the rainy season here.

So we went on a jet boat ride and a hike.

I am hindered

 I find it curious that my iPhone photos are visible but not directly accessible to my iPad. It’s frustrating that I’m required to copy and edit photos before I can share them on this blog. I already am frustrated by what’s been done to this platform. 

A grizzly showed up on the road and walked by about 15’ away.

Denali made an appearance.

We didn’t have to take a selfy.

Friday cat

 

If ya squint

 Up on the ridge, between two trees in the foreground, there’s a rock formation that, in silhouette, resembles a musher. Sorry for the poor photo, but a critical piece of equipment for transferring i ages from a camera has come up missing. The formation is called the Musher’s Monument. It is at Denali, AK.

Today we head into the park, but our tour will be limited due to a major road issue about 45 miles into the park. Weather may interfere with viewing the mountain.

Here we are

 In downtown Fairbanks 

 Next stop Denali 

So here we are

 Day one in Fairbanks (Monday) we got settled into the hotel

. . . and found a ginormous cabbage

. . . and a Model T flower truck

The flowers really are spectacular. 

Travel day

 It isn’t often Mt Rainier shows itself this well

 Next stop, Fairbanks 

Saturdays are silly

 

Friday cat

 

Wanderlust Wednesday

 

Saturdays are silly

 

Friday cat

 

Wanderlust Wednesday