Hudson at 19 months

He has the cutest new outfit 

Glacier Bay, Alaska

More pictures from our cruise to Alaska 

Glacier Bay, Alaska

 

Mendenhall Glacier

 

Mom and cub

At Mendenhall Glacier 

Mendenhall Glacier bear

While on our cruise to Alaska we saw this bear along with cubs near Juneau, Alaska 

Glacier Bay, Alaska

 

Flowers in Skagway, Alaska

 

Skagway, Alaska

Statue of miners heading up the Chilhoot trail in search of gold 

Liberty Bell Mountain

North Cascades National Park. 

Connie's daughter, Michelle

 

North Cascades National Park

 

Us in the North Cascades

We're at the overlook at Washington Pass and North Cascades National Park 

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska

 

Cruise to Alaska

We just returned from a 7 day cruise to Alaska. It was quite an adventure. We started by picking up Bob's sister, Lynn, at Sea-Tac airport on Tuesday, September 8th. We spent the night in Marysville, and then on Wednesday morning (Sept 9th) took the train from Everett to Vancouver, B.C. We took the Skytrain to the cruise terminal where we boarded the Volendam, a Holland America cruise ship.

Wednesday at 5:00p.m. we sailed for Alaska. Our first stop was Juneau where we enjoyed the Mendenhall Glacier. We saw a black bear and cub at the glacier. Our next stop was Skagway. Bob and Lynn took the White Pass and Yukon railway to the pass and back. Bob and I had done this train ride in 2005 when we drove to Alaska. I went for a walk to the miner's cemetary. It was a nice morning and great for walking. After lunch on the ship, Bob and I went back into town to do a little shopping. It started pouring, so we were really dodging the raindrops.

Sunday, the ship sailed into Glacier Bay. It was a little rainy and cold. About 10:30 they served us pea soup to warm us up. We enjoyed the day by either spending time in the Crow's Nest lounge or out on deck. We saw a huge brown bear (grizzly). We also saw a couple of whales (not realy great views however), a sea otter, and lots of seals.

Monday, we spent the day in Ketchican. The day was really nice - sunny and warm. We took the Cape Fox Hill-Creek Street Funicular (known as "the tram"), a sort of diagonal elevator, runs 211 feet from the boardwalk up to the Westcoast Cape Fox Lodge on top of the hill. There is a nice view and an enjoyable walk down through the woods. We saw lots of salmon spawning in the stream.

Tuesday was a day at sea - and then we arrived back in Vancouver and disembarked about 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday (the 16th) morning. We spent the day in Vancouver - going to both the aquarium at Stanley park and also to Granville Island. We took the 5:45 pm train from Vancouver back to Everett. We came back home to Wenatchee today (Thursday, September 17th).

Glacier Bay, Alaska

 

Glacier Bay

Bob, Bob's sister, Lynn, and Connie 

Volendam in Ketchican

 

Ketchican, Alaska

Salmon spawning up the creek 

Ketchican, Alaska

Port we visited on our cruise to Alaska 

Inside Passage

Between Ketchican and Vancouver, B.C. 

September already!

It's hard to believe it's already September. Over the last week we've been working on publishing the directory for our square dance club. Thank goodness that job is done. We picked up the finished copies yesterday afternoon.

We're headed to Circle 8 square dance ranch for labor day weekend and a full weekend of dancing. It should be fun. We bring the fifth wheel home on Monday and then Tuesday we're headed to Seattle. We'll pick up Bob's sister at SeaTac, spend the night in Marysville, and take the train to Vancouver, B.C. We'll then board a cruise ship for a 7 night cruise to Alaska. Check out the next blog for details on this trip.

Hudson and Grandma (me)

Hudson is now 18 months old