Cruise Pictures, Part 1

On Saturday, July 18th, we departed Vancouver. Being in a suite, we were provided with complimentary champagne for sail-away. Clink!

But before we could sail away, we had to have our muster drill. Sophie did not try her life jacket on but had she done so, she would have been in a papoose-style contraption.

Here we all are viewing the sailaway, and after that is a picture of the Vancouver Bay Bridge that we sailed right under. David told us it was green. Now we know he isn't color blind.

Here are a bunch of scenery shots. How pretty.

At formal night, Sophie was definitely the belle of the ball. She's been quite popular all around.

Our first stop was in Ketchikan. We saw lumberjacks. While viewing the burly men doing their lumberjack thing, look what we got a picture of! Ketchikan was known for its gold mining. So is David.

Later that night, we spotted lots of humpback whales, though they were a bit difficult to catch on camera.

Today's stop was Juneau, the capital of Alaska. We saw the governor's mansion from our bus. To quote our tour guide, "Sarah Palin was the first governor who didn't live here. Now she's not our governor anymore. That's the last thing I'll say about that."

We visited Mendenhall Glacier, where we saw the glacier. We also saw a bald eagle and sadly did not see any bears. Dad was happy about that; we all know how worried he gets about bear attacks.

We also visited a salmon hatchery. Sophie LOVED the fish, both real and costumed.

We also saw a lovely waterfall at a salmon bake. Yum!

We've seen other stuff since then such as pretty gardens, glass blowing, more glaciers in Glacier Bay, and Dad and/or David sleeping. Uploading pictures has proved to be time consuming and a pain in the neck, so it'll be done at some future time yet to be determined.