We had the best time on our cruise. Alaska is so beautiful. We explored and absolutely loved all of the ports of call and met a lot of friends. We did all of the usual things you would do on a cruise, ate a lot of good food, watched all of the awesome shows, participated in competitions, etc. etc. But one thing that really made this cruise fun was that we danced every night from about 11:30 (that's when it gets dark) until dawn (3:30) or whenever they kicked us out and then ate cereal at the 24-hour buffet.
Our Ship-THE GOLDEN PRINCESS
Traveling- SEATTLE
SKAGWAY
The guys with the saloon girl. Whi woo.JUNEAU
Rarr!
Bear Hugs?
Looking down at the starting point of our Juneau adventure. We finally reached the top! By the way, what you see in the picture is typical of what we could see from the ship all the time. Amazing, right?
Scenery from our hike in Juneau. Reminds me of Twilight :)
We saw a sign in town that said "Mt. Roberts trail" while exploring Juneau. We asked some locals if it was a good hike. They told us yes and that we were halfway there already.They also told us that once we reached the top we could ride the tram down. 2 hours later . . . we reached the top and saw this sign. Ha ha. It was a way fun hike and beautiful, but the sign was exactly right and the only thing we had was plenty of time.
The Red Dog Saloon. Cute.
Mt. Roberts tram. Boy were we glad we were able to ride the tram back down the mountain.
Rarr!
Bear Hugs?
Looking down at the starting point of our Juneau adventure. We finally reached the top! By the way, what you see in the picture is typical of what we could see from the ship all the time. Amazing, right?
Scenery from our hike in Juneau. Reminds me of Twilight :)
We saw a sign in town that said "Mt. Roberts trail" while exploring Juneau. We asked some locals if it was a good hike. They told us yes and that we were halfway there already.They also told us that once we reached the top we could ride the tram down. 2 hours later . . . we reached the top and saw this sign. Ha ha. It was a way fun hike and beautiful, but the sign was exactly right and the only thing we had was plenty of time.
The Red Dog Saloon. Cute.
Mt. Roberts tram. Boy were we glad we were able to ride the tram back down the mountain.RANDOM CRUISE PIX!
Relaxing in our room. Staying up dancing all night and hiking 1800ft. straight up a mountain will make you tired.
Bailee's um. . . a little comfortable on the pole. ;0
We wore our robes all over the ship to keep us from turning into popcicles when we were finished swimming. Luke kind of looked like Hugh Heffner walking around with all of us girls in his robe.
Celebrating mine and Bailee's graduation. Our waitor brought us yummy dessert (like we hadn't already eaten enough).
Baked Alaska. Yum!
Relaxing in our room. Staying up dancing all night and hiking 1800ft. straight up a mountain will make you tired.Bailee's um. . . a little comfortable on the pole. ;0
We wore our robes all over the ship to keep us from turning into popcicles when we were finished swimming. Luke kind of looked like Hugh Heffner walking around with all of us girls in his robe.Celebrating mine and Bailee's graduation. Our waitor brought us yummy dessert (like we hadn't already eaten enough).Baked Alaska. Yum!NIGHT (early morning :)) LIFE!
Luke's a nice uncle and gave Bailee a lift after a long night of dancing.
The Skywalkers Crew.
Top left: Keera, "Reno Boy 2" Nevan, Andy "Stanky", Luke, "Reno Boy 1" Andrew, Bailee, "Chops" Miguel and Me.
Luke's a nice uncle and gave Bailee a lift after a long night of dancing.
The Skywalkers Crew.
Top left: Keera, "Reno Boy 2" Nevan, Andy "Stanky", Luke, "Reno Boy 1" Andrew, Bailee, "Chops" Miguel and Me.
Everybody loved Luke as always. Reno boys especially.
Luke gettin' jiggy wid' it.
Getting our drink on ;)
(virgin strawberry margarita still takes the prize, pina colada is a close 2nd)
Our cruise buddies wanted us to play beer pong, but since we don't drink we put our creative juices together and somehow Keera came up with using "Chops" as the ball.
Keera, Bailee, Me, Luke, Mom and Dad. The best cruise buddies EVER!
New Years Ever party in June . . . Why not?
VICTORIA B.C., CANADA
"Oh, Canada
Luke is frolicking in the grass with all of the bunnies at the University of Victoria. They are everywhere-you know how rabbits are.
This was our ride in Victoria B.C. We even had a driver. This car (if I were cool I would remember the name of it) use to be used by royalty (boy did we feel special). Fun fact: Our driver told us that if Barrack O'bama came to stay-the mansion in the background is where he would stay.
The Tallest Totem Pole in the world.
KETCHIKAN
I don't know if you can see the sign behind us? That might help you understand the picture. Although, most of our pictures don't have a point. We just have fun taking them.
There were bald eagles EVERYWHERE.
Shopping at the warf.
Bailee has a thing for lumberjacks. And lumberjacks for Bailee. Go figure.
We saw a whole pod (is that the correct term? IDK) of Orcas right off the shore in Ketchikan. We followed them along the shore for about 10 minutes. Consider ourselves lucky.
Right before we saw all of those whales we walked along this rocky beach and Luke found us all kinds of live starfish. Patrick!?
Me and my Dad. I'm so glad he had the great idea to cruise to Alaska. He got some great footage on his camcorder. If only I was good at using blogger I would post some of it.
The girls. Love em'! (Bai, Me, Mom and Keera)
FJORDS, ICE BERGS and GLACIERS . . . Oh My!
I know it looks warm, but it was early morning and freezing. We we're in ice (berg) water. We thought it would be a good night to pull an allnighter, so we haven't even went to bed yet.
Us pulling the allnighter. Last night at this time we were atleast in the warm pool.
If you look close there is a HUGE glacier in the background. It's the white thing between the two mountains. You had to be there.
"Oh, Canada
Luke is frolicking in the grass with all of the bunnies at the University of Victoria. They are everywhere-you know how rabbits are.
This was our ride in Victoria B.C. We even had a driver. This car (if I were cool I would remember the name of it) use to be used by royalty (boy did we feel special). Fun fact: Our driver told us that if Barrack O'bama came to stay-the mansion in the background is where he would stay.
The Tallest Totem Pole in the world.KETCHIKAN
I don't know if you can see the sign behind us? That might help you understand the picture. Although, most of our pictures don't have a point. We just have fun taking them.There were bald eagles EVERYWHERE.
Shopping at the warf.
Bailee has a thing for lumberjacks. And lumberjacks for Bailee. Go figure.
We saw a whole pod (is that the correct term? IDK) of Orcas right off the shore in Ketchikan. We followed them along the shore for about 10 minutes. Consider ourselves lucky.
Right before we saw all of those whales we walked along this rocky beach and Luke found us all kinds of live starfish. Patrick!?
Me and my Dad. I'm so glad he had the great idea to cruise to Alaska. He got some great footage on his camcorder. If only I was good at using blogger I would post some of it.
The girls. Love em'! (Bai, Me, Mom and Keera)FJORDS, ICE BERGS and GLACIERS . . . Oh My!
I know it looks warm, but it was early morning and freezing. We we're in ice (berg) water. We thought it would be a good night to pull an allnighter, so we haven't even went to bed yet. Us pulling the allnighter. Last night at this time we were atleast in the warm pool. If you look close there is a HUGE glacier in the background. It's the white thing between the two mountains. You had to be there. Trying to stay warm and awake, so we don't miss the sights.
We saw like a million seals this day right next to the ship on their little ice bergs.
We saw like a million seals this day right next to the ship on their little ice bergs.Needless to say, we want to go on another cruise in December or January to Mexico. Who's coming with?
That makes me want to go to Alaska. You look so cute in all of those pictures!
ReplyDeleteTia your cruise looked so fun I'm jealous :) How have you've been its been forever?
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all have enjoyed at the fullest
ReplyDeleteand if you get a second chance they you
will obviously go there.
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