Erica's Photo Album

seattlepanoramic-PD.jpg (Viewed 74 times)  (1 comment) AND WE'RE OFF!! ...looking back at seattle after leaving the port on friday evening.

decknight-PD.jpg (Viewed 73 times)  (0 comments) out on deck at night. after 2 caribbean cruises, it is really strange to see snowy mountains instead of palm tree beaches as the ship's backdrop.

dockedjuneau-PD.jpg (Viewed 74 times)  (0 comments) our first stop is Juneau, AK. the only way in or out of juneau is by boat or plane....interesting place for a capitol city.

mollyontram-PD .jpg (Viewed 71 times)  (0 comments) this is cute molly. she's 12. she's emily and jeff's niece. we're on the tram up to the top of mount roberts above juneau.

abovejuneau -PD.jpg (Viewed 73 times)  (0 comments) looking down on juneau from the top of the tram.

goldcreekvalley-PD.jpg (Viewed 68 times)  (0 comments) from the trail on mount roberts looking across gold creek valley.....there are at least a half dozen waterfalls coming down over there! ....and every mountain up there!!

emilyhiking-PD.jpg (Viewed 68 times)  (0 comments) emily and i hiked some trails around the top of mount roberts. it was cold up there! not really as much snow as i expected though.

eandehiking-PD.jpg (Viewed 66 times)  (0 comments) emily and me out hiking in alaska! can you tell i'm the tripod?

erica&treeface-PD.jpg (Viewed 67 times)  (1 comment) looks like i made a new friend!

emkissingtree-PD.jpg (Viewed 67 times)  (0 comments) looks like emily made more than just a friend, eh? this face was carved out of a tree on top of mount roberts.

waterfall-PD.jpg (Viewed 69 times)  (0 comments) i don't know how many pictures i took of this particular waterfall and i just couldn't capture it.

trailtunnel-PD.jpg (Viewed 65 times)  (0 comments) the trails are surrounded by incredible greenery! it's beautiful! this trail is on the way to mendenhall glacier.

mendenhalllake-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (0 comments) this is also along the trail to mendenhall glacier. this is the lake at the base of it.

mendenhallglacier-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) and there is the edge of mendenhall glacier....these photos just don't do the place justice.

emilymendenhall-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) emily by the lake.

mendenhallwaterfall-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (0 comments) there was a waterfall with an enormous amount of water and noise gushing into the lake.

mendenhallwaterfall2-PD.jpg (Viewed 66 times)  (0 comments) there was a waterfall with an enormous amount of water and noise gushing into the lake

ericamendenhall-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (0 comments) and there's me sitting by the lake. is it just me, or does my hair look like some sort of fake attachment?

mendenhall-PD.jpg (Viewed 68 times)  (1 comment) as we were leaving, a big chunk of ice fell off the glacier---you can see the big blue hole where the chunk fell out.

mendenhallglacier2-PD.jpg (Viewed 62 times)  (0 comments) a little bit closer look at the big blue hole where the chunk fell out.

eaglepost-PD.jpg (Viewed 67 times)  (0 comments) there were several eagles sitting on top of the lampposts just outside of juneau. this was the best photo i got and you still have to look for it.

juneaustairway-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) there is a street lined with shops in juneau. the mountain goes almost straight up behind them, and people live up there. this is a stairway up between some shops to the homes above them. i sure am glad i don't have to climb those every day!

juneaupanoramic-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) scenery out the shuttle window on the way back to the dock.

riverinjuneau-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) more scenery out the shuttle window on the way back to the dock.

juneauevening-PD.jpg (Viewed 64 times)  (0 comments) nighttime in juneau... there's another big cruise ship that was also docked there-- i guess that gives you a size reference for how big the mountains are.

gnarlytrees-PD.jpg (Viewed 62 times)  (1 comment) crazy-cool trees on top of mount roberts! (yes, i know i got this one out of order.)

dockedskagway-PD.jpg (Viewed 65 times)  (0 comments) our second stop was skagway, alaska. here's our cruise ship at the dock with the big snow-topped mountains in the background.

waitingforthetrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 62 times)  (0 comments) we scheduled a train ride up into the mountains above skagway. here we are waiting at the train station. emily & molly on the left. vickie in the right foreground, tami & nate in the back.

emilyontrain3-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) emily on a train that is no longer in use....now just a tourist attraction. pretty neat looking, eh?

insidethetrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) this is inside our train car. there's molly right in front of me. they still use the really old train cars. pretty neat looking. you can see the old wood stove at the front of the train---glad we didn't need to use it.

trainpeak-PD.jpg (Viewed 70 times)  (0 comments) and here is the outside of the train with a beautiful background. each car has a little balcony at the front and back. this was taken from outside on the balcony.

waterfalls1-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) looking across the canyon at one of the waterfalls. there were waterfalls everywhere! it was great!

riverinskagwaymtns-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) some of the scenery from the train windows. isn't it beautiful?

skagwaymts2-PD.jpg (Viewed 64 times)  (0 comments) some of the same scenery from the train windows---i couldn't decide which picture i liked better.

acrosscanyon-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) looking across the canyon at the tracks where we are headed and a really cool bridge.

besidethetrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) we were right up against the side of the mountain. look how pretty and green it is!

emilyontrain2-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) emily out on the little balcony. i don't think she knew i was taking her picture.

farawayskagway-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) you can see part of skagway way off in the distance.

othertrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) there's the other train across the canyon. look how tiny it looks way over there!

vickietrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) and here's vickie! always happy and smiling!

shadesofgreen-PD.jpg (Viewed 51 times)  (0 comments) lots of trees and lots of green!

skagwaymts1-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) awesome mountain tops above the green landscape.

stream-PD.jpg (Viewed 51 times)  (0 comments) a bubbly little stream coming down the mountain....

t&nontrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) can you see tami and nate? waving from the balcony at the other end of our train car.

skagwaymts3-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

skagwaymts4-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

traintunnel-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (1 comment) and here we go across the bridge and into the tunnel!

thruthebridge-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) looking straight down at the bridge as we go across it.

inthetunnel-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) pretty dark in there! too dark for the camera anyway...

inthetunnel2-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) i see a light at the end of the tunnel!

whitepass-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) we've reached white pass. 20.4 miles from skagway. elevation 2888 ft. it doesn't sound very high, but considering we started at sea level, that's a bit of a climb.

borderflags-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) this post marks the border we crossed over from alaska into british columbia canada.

borderflags2-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) USA and alaska flags on the left and british columbia and canada flags on the right. sorry, i'm not sure exactly what flag that is in the middls.

deeplake-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) this looks like a puddle beside the train tracks but it's actually a skinny lake that is 150 feet deep and 4 miles long!

deeplake2-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) this looks like a puddle beside the train tracks but it's actually a skinny lake that is 150 feet deep and 4 miles long

emtrainwave-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) and there's emily at the other end of the train car! hi emily!

oldbridge-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) this was a really cool old bridge! it was built in 1902. and no, they don't use it anymore. it's just cool to look at.

skagwaymts5-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

train2-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) there's the other end of our train---we're on the edge!

trainparts-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) i just thought this was cool. this is our balcony and the connection to the next car.

skagwaymts6-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

stream2-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) isn't this a pretty little stream cascading down the mountain?

waterfallsmall-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) and here's another little waterfall.

skagwaymts7-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

emilyontrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) and emliy on the train's balcony again---checking out the great view!

riverinskagwaymtns2-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

train3-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) and there's our train again! can you believe the scenery we're travelling through?

skagwaymts8-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

waterfall-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) and another little waterfall---this came right over the rocks next to the train.

skagwaymts9a-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

skagwaymts9b-PD.jpg (Viewed 50 times)  (0 comments) more amazing scenery from our train ride...

4onthetrain-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) in the train---here's emily and molly in front and tamie and nate in back.

sealions-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) as we were cruising through a channel, the captain came over the intercom to announce that there were a ton of sealions off to one side just hanging out on the rocks. this was about 9:45 - 10:00 at night---still light enough to see them!

sealions2-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) the captain was nice enough to take the time to pull the ship close to the side of the channel and stop for 20 minutes so all the passengers could get a good look at the mass of sealions. those are some noisy creatures!

sunset1-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) we hung out on the deck for a while to enjoy the scenery as the sun was going down.

sunset2-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) hung out on the deck for a while to enjoy the scenery as the sun was going down.

sunsetwaterfall-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) there were waterfalls coming down all over the place!

sunset3-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) hung out on the deck for a while to enjoy the scenery as the sun was going down.

mountainspanorama-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) mountains, mountains, mountains, mountains, i love mountains!

mountains-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) and the mountains are covered in pine trees! i love it!

longwaterfall-PD.jpg (Viewed 67 times)  (0 comments) and here comes another waterfall! am i in heaven?

sunsetmountains-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) not much sunlight left.....makes for a nice view

sunsetpeaks-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) the peaks are catching the last of the sun's rays.

sunsetpeakscrop-PD.jpg (Viewed 46 times)  (0 comments) yes, this is the same picture as the last one---just cropped. i couldn't decide if i liked it more with the big sky and clouds or without. so you get both.

viewoffdeck-PD.jpg (Viewed 51 times)  (0 comments) you can see the edge of the ship's deck as it gets in the way of a great sunset.

waterfallcliffs-PD.jpg (Viewed 51 times)  (0 comments) oh, look at that! can you believe i took another picture of another waterfall? you're just lucky i didn't even take pictures of half of them!

waterfallpeak-PD.jpg (Viewed 45 times)  (0 comments) and another waterfall with a snowy peak above it.

waterfallpeak2-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) same waterfall, different angle as the ship cruised past it.

tenderedaticystraitpoint-PD.jpg (Viewed 48 times)  (0 comments) Our third stop was Icy Strait Point, AK. There wasn't a big dock for the ship here. The boat was tendered and boats would go back and forth between ship and dock all day long. The boats would carry about 100 or so people on each trip.

emondock-PD.jpg (Viewed 50 times)  (0 comments) Here's Emily on the dock at Icy Strait Point.

totemerica-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) I don't look so tall standing next to this huge totem pole!

embypond-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (1 comment) Emily sitting by a pond at the beginning of the nature walk trail at Icy Strait Point.

windypath-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) part of the nature walk trail at Icy Strait Point.

upthetree-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) tons and tons of big, tall trees everywhere

talltrees-PD.jpg (Viewed 51 times)  (0 comments) more tall trees, and look how green everything is! green everywhere!

ericaonlog-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) here i am on the nature walk trail at Icy Strait Point.

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blurrybench-PD.jpg (Viewed 62 times)  (0 comments) too bad this picture turned out blurry, but i had to keep it....how often do i get to sit on a bench and be short enough to swing my legs? never!

crazystump-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) there were some pretty crazy tree stumps out there! the roots seemed to start several feet above the ground.

ericaundertree-PD.jpg (Viewed 50 times)  (0 comments) here is another one of those crazy tree stumps/roots