alaska - vacation of a lifetime
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Vancouver, June 18, 2010
Alaska, June 19 – July 3, 2010
June 19-26
Diamond Princess:
Ketchikan
Juneau
Skagway
Glacier Bay
College Fjord
June 27 – July 3
Denali
Fairbanks
Barrow
Anchorage
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Family
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Family
My sister, Bettie
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Family
Bettie’s husband, Tommy
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Family
Bettie’s daughter, Mary Anne
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Family
Our friend, Suzanne
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Family
My hubby, John
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Family
People starved for the Internet
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Family
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On the Ship
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On the Ship
Life Vests – Check!
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On the Ship
Sailaway Party – Leaving Vancouver
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On the Ship
I can’t believe we are really here!
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On the Ship
Formal Night – Champagne Fountain
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On the Ship
Fun in the Theater, awaiting a show
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On the Ship
Showtime!
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On the Ship
A lazy afternoon – Word games by the pool with sister, Bettie
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On the Ship
Margaret’s Favorite Place #1 (Endless lap pool)
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On the Ship
Margaret’s Favorite Place #2
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On the Ship
Margaret’s Favorite Place #3 (Library with desk looking out on water)
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Interesting Places
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Interesting Places
Grouse Mountain, Vancouver (2010 Winter Olympics NBC Broadcast Site)
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Interesting Places
Vancouver – When I took this night shot from my hotel window, I didn’t think about the fact that i
would be the last “dark” I would see on the trip.
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Interesting Places
Creek Street, Ketchikan
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Interesting Places
Driftwood covered building, Skagway (now a visitor center)
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Interesting Places
Seen at a campground in Skagway. I have no explanation (and don’t know if it works)
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Interesting Places
Train Depot, Skagway
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Interesting Placed
Four-time Iditarod Champion, Jeff King’s Husky Homestead
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Interesting Places
40 Below Room, Riverboat Discovery, Fairbanks
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Interesting Places
Alaska Oil Pipeline, Fairbanks
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Interesting Places
Downtown Fairbanks
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Interesting Places
Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska
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Interesting Places
Nenana Visitors’ Center
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Interesting Places
Anchorage Visitors’ Center – The grass covered log cabin is a recurring theme
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Interesting Places
Lake Hood, Anchorage, World’s Busiest Floatplane Harbor
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Interesting Places
You cannot see Russia from here.
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Beautiful Scenery
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Beautiful Scenery
Leaving Ketchikan
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Beautiful Scenery
Railroad Trestle, Near Skagway
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Beautiful Scenery
Glacier Bay National Park
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Beautiful Scenery
A “ghost forest”, where the trees were killed by salt water flooding during the 1964 earthquake and tidal wave
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Beautiful Scenery
Denali National Park
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Beautiful Scenery
Denali National Park – We saw blue sky!
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Beautiful Scenery
Denali National Park – Our second day was warm and sunny
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Beautiful Scenery
Our only glimpse of Mt. McKinley
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Beautiful Scenery
Beluga Point, near Anchorage – we didn’t see any whales
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Glaciers
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Glaciers
Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau
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Glaciers
Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau
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Glaciers
Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau
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Glaciers
Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay
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Glaciers
Margerie Glacier Calving (Big chunk falling off)
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Glaciers
College Fjord – Trying to figure out which glacier is which
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Glaciers
The 5 College Glaciers in College Fjord: Yale, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Harvard
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Glaciers
Harvard Glacier, College Fjord
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Glaciers
Portage Glacier near Whittier (A “Hanging” glacier)
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Good Food
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Good Food
Celebrating 25th Anniversary (International Dining Room, Diamond Princess)
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Good Food
Baked Alaska on Parade (International Dining Room, Diamond Princess)
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Good Food
Barbecue ribs, fried okra, and sweet tea – featured on Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins
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Good Food
Reindeer Corn Dog
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Good Food
No explanation needed
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Wildlife
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Wildlife
In enclosure, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver
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Wildlife
In captivity, Deer Creek Hatchery and Eagle Center, Ketchikan
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Wildlife
On the sidewalk, Ketchikan
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Wildlife
In Auke Bay, near Juneau
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Wildlife
Stellar Sea Lions and Bald Eagle, Auke Bay, near Juneau
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Wildlife
Glacier Bay
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Wildlife
Porcupine, In enclosure, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
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Wildlife
Moose, in enclosure, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
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Wildlife
Moose, roaming free, Denali
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Wildlife
Bear and two cubs, roaming free, Denali
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Wildlife
Bear cubs, roaming free, Denali
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Wildlife
Dall Sheep, roaming free, Denali
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Wildlife
Badger, roaming free, Denali
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Wildlife
Ground squirels, roaming free, Denali
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Wildlife
Caribou, roaming free, Denali
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Land of the Midnight Sun
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Land of the Midnight Sun
June 25, Near Anchorage
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Land of the Midnight Sun
June 27, Denali
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Land of the Midnight Sun
June 30, Fairbanks
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Land of the Midnight Sun
Midnight on our last night in Fairbanks, June 30
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Land of the Midnight Sun
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Parting Shots
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Parting Shots
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Parting Shots
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