Alaska

These are a few pictures from the Alaskan Cruise I took back in 2010, many pictures were taken, only a few made it to the post.

Here we are going through one of the passes/straights which I found crazy. At times shore was only 100 yards or so from either side of the ship, to think that skinny channel could be deep enough to allow a large cruise ship boggled my mind.

A port view of Ketchikan, AK.

There is a huge Salmon run either in the spring or fall, I don't remember which, but I guess the town fills up with tourists and fishermen to see/catch fresh salmon.

One of the excursions I took part is was a Zip-Line tour through the Alaskan Rain Forest. I don't think most people realize that Alaska is considered to be part of a rain forest, the amount of rain they receive each year is crazy. I remember the dandelions and a few other plants looked like they had been fed a mutagen they were so big.

Suspension bridge you had to cross to get from one plat form to the next.

I was also lucky enough to take a Heli tour onto a local glacier to walk around and explore. We were able to drink out of a free flowing ice stream, the water was so cold it hurt my face but tasted like nothing I had ever had before, it was so crisp, clean and pure.

Enjoying some rock climbing at one of our port stops.