Sea Life Center in Seward

Do not fear, Captain Anne is here!

A cute little Harbor Seal
Woody was huge! This seal lion just circled and circled the same path. I am amazed at his size.

Sea Life Discovery by Semi Sub

We took sooo many forms of transportation on this trip, why not add a semi sub to the list! I am going to show you pictures of how the sub looked from the inside. The water wasn't clear so the pictures aren't the best, but we got some cool ones with the scuba diver. He would go out, grab sea creatures and bring them to the windows for a better look.I also wanted to add the one we took from the monitor inside. The first time the diver went out, he circled the sub with a camera and as he passed us, Jen snapped a picture. It's not the clearest picture, but it is fun none the less! We saw jellyfish, anemones, crabs, fish, starfish, and a variety of acquatic plants I have no clue what they are named!

National Historic Park- Sitka

I almost didn't post the picture with my hood on, but I wanted to explain. People thought I was nuts being set on getting a rain jacket before leaving. If you notice, I wear that jacket often. Even though we only had one day that rained all day, most days it was enough to need a hood at times and I was sure happy to sport it. (Even if it's not too fashionable) It was easier for me to have the jacket rather than keeping up with an umbrella.

At the end of our tour through the woods, we came upon this totem pole. The guy wasn't there working on it at the time, but apparently he has only been working on it for two months. I thought he was going to tell us two years. The man carves it and his son paints. It is amazing to me to see what they can carve. If you gave me a piece of wood, it would never resemble anything more than a blob.

Raptor Center in Sitka

This amazing eagle was named, Sitka. What an easy way to remember her name. Before bringing her in, they asked us to stay in our seats. The flash from the cameras was okay because they are all used to that, however, they can become spooked if we stand. Well, don't you know, not thirty seconds after they brought her in, a man right behind us stood up. The worker was like, sir, please sit down. Hello- did you not just listen to the directions- sit your tail down.

I realize I'm not exactly centered, but it was still another fun picture to take!

Whoo hoo!

I was waiting so long for one of the eagles to move. Just before boarding the bus, this guy started to move and this was one of my favorites!!!

Haines, Alaska

Haines was a small place. In fact, the day the ship stopped there, our tour was in Skagway. When we returned from Skagway we still had a few hours in port so we decided to walk around. Walking is about all we could do. There wasn't much and what there was, it was all closed. We started to walk and found a cute shop that was opened. The shop was part of their home. We continued to walk and noticed a police car. He went by slowly and Jen was like, he is wondering who we are. We kept walking and saw the car to pick you up for the bed and breakfast. I wonder if the car even worked! As we continued walking, we passed the police car again. A few minutes later, he stopped us to talk. He said we were either in town for a few days or on the cruise ship because he didn't know us. We actually talked with him for awhile. We learned the shop we stopped at was the mayors house and we had a nice visit with the mayor without realizing. As busy as same days were on this trip, it was nice to just enjoy a peaceful walk around a cute little town.

Photo Safari- Humpback Whales

This was just one eagle we randomly saw before beginning the sea portion of our photo safari. We were taken on a smaller boat through Stephens Passage. Not sure what they normally see, but I felt like we were really lucky with how many whales we saw that day! Hope you like the pictures.

Photo Safari- Steller Sea Lions

The sea lions were fun to watch. They were

awake and making lots of noises. This poor guy

on the left kept jumping up, but he wasn't

successful in joining the bunch. I must say

they weren't very friendly in letting him on.

Photo Safari at Mendenhall Glacier

The glacier was crazy pretty. We took a lot of pictures, it is so hard to pick which pictures to post. Jen took a picture of me putting my hand in the water. It was pretty darn cold!!!

Photo Safari by Land in Juneau

We took a photo safari by land and sea. It was really cool. I have too many pictures so I am breaking this tour into several posts. The lady on the trip was very informative and gave great camera tips as part of the tour. Some of the information is probably common knowledge for most, but I learned a lot from her about my camera. These pictures were taken on the Moraine Ecology Trail which lead to the Mendenhall Glacier. She also warned us about bears and told us she will grab us and pull us back if we don't start walking backwards. Apparently folks on previous guides didn't listen and she had to take charge. It would have been cool to see a bear from a distance, but I didn't take a change of clothes in anticipation of running into one along the trail.