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| Welcome aboard! |
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| Sail-away party |
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| Leaving Vancouver |
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| The Lions' Gate
Bridge |
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| Welcome to the "Grand
Kitchen" on the SS Volendam |
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| Ice sculpture in
progress... |
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Ice sculpture in more
progress - remember: safety is important...
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This would make
enough cake even for a family as big as ours..
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The Executive Chef
and friend....
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| Surveying the scene |
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Kate Winslet's big
scene....NOT
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Captain Peter Visser...
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& friends
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Happy Anniversary
Viola and Earl - a really nice couple
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Yes - the icebergs
are really blue
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a side view of
things..
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| Entering Tracy Arm |
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Beautiful..even in
the rain..
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| The pilot?? |
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| Matt & Samara..this
one's for you.. |
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Jackie..this one's
for you..
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Welcome to Juneau
.the only state capital accessible only by boat, plane or
birth canal |
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Salmon hatchery
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| Our wild and crazy
guide |
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| Upside down planter
in Juneau Gardens |
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Maidenhall Glacier
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Still around - and
still busy
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Leaving Alaska -
entering British Columbia, Canada
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| The front of our
train |
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| A true name for part
of Skagway, Alaska |
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A re-creation of a
supply camp for those heading to the goldfields - including news
accounts of how "easy" a life the goldseekers will have.
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Also still around -
just catering to a different group of "gold hunters." |
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| The others are in
Manhattan and Plainview |
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Entering Glacier Bay
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Weather changed by
the minute
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Yes -- it got cold.
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The crew will set up
a bar wherever they can
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| Entering Ketchikan -
Alaska's "Salmon Capital" |
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| Story poles were
everywhere |
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a new use for boots
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The newest crewmember
of the MS Volendam
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I think I can, I
think I can...
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| I knew I could, I
knew I could.... |
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Our dinner friends..
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Returning to
Vancouver
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The only orca we saw
up close and personal - wouldn't want it any other way
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Welcome to Victoria
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Ferry to Vancouver
Island - a beautiful ride
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Where's "Waldo?"
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Rather unsteady..
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The Lumberjack Show
was great!
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The only bear we saw
- are there really any bears in Alaska??
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| Ship's photographers
were everywhere... |
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The Captain and...
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Yes - this was still
in Glacier Bay - don't know where one of the guests thought he was..
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