Erica's Photo Album

greenscape-PD.jpg (Viewed 68 times)  (0 comments) more greenery from the nature walk trail at Icy Strait Point.

greenscape2-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) and another view

forget-me-nots-PD.jpg (Viewed 66 times)  (0 comments) forget-me-nots are Alaska's state flower. pretty little things, aren't they?

shipthrutrees-PD.jpg (Viewed 65 times)  (0 comments) you can see our ship through the trees on the nature walk trail at Icy Strait Point.

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emilyreading-PD.jpg (Viewed 66 times)  (0 comments) emily taking advantage of the peace and quiet to read a book on the coast along the nature walk trail at Icy Strait Point.

theedge-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) where the forest meets the coast. it reminded us of the part in The Lord of the Rings where Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are hiding from the Ring Wraith---but not near as dark or buggy!

blueshells-PD.jpg (Viewed 66 times)  (0 comments) there was a stripe all along the shore that was made up of an incredible number of these little blue shells.

blueshellscloseup-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) they covered every rock between roughly 15 and 20 feet from the water's edge.

littleboat-PD.jpg (Viewed 66 times)  (0 comments) a typical thing to see in this area

wavyreflection-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) view as we were heading back to our ship

ericaonshipbalcony-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) that's me on Garth and Vickie's balcony

islandspanorama-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) awesome scenery from garth and vickie's balcony

islandspanorama2-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) more awesome scenery from garth and vickie's balcony

lighthouse-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) if you look close, you can see the light from the lighthouse on the island

pirateship-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) is that a cool looking ship or what? looks like a pirate ship sailing through the mist

whalespot-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) see that little black spot in the water? that's the closest i got to photographing a whale! they're so quick that by the time i had my camera aimed and focused they're gone!

wheresthewhale-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) emily, tamie, nate, and molly whale watching from garth and vickie's balcony

b-gardensign-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (1 comment) our final stop was Victoria, British Columbia, Canada! we took a taxi to the world famous, beautiful, Butchart Gardens.

gardenswaterfall-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) just a cool little waterfall in the gardens

gardens-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) this is a view of just one small part of the gardens

gardensoverlook-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) there was this neat little log lookout structure up on a hill.

pinkflowers-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) close-up of some cool flowers. they look so delicate, like tissue paper.

pinkflowers1-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) again, close-up of some cool flowers.

pinkflowers2-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) and again, close-up of some cool flowers.

pinkflowers3-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) and again, close-up of some cool flowers.

leaves-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) neat-looking leaves, and shadows of overlapping leaves

fountain-PD.jpg (Viewed 50 times)  (0 comments) this fountain was constantly changing---it was a completely choreographed show!

gardens2-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) you can tell it was a rainy and very overcast day, but it was still beautiful!

wildcatbush-PD.jpg (Viewed 49 times)  (0 comments) watch out! a wildcat's coming to get you!......oh, it's just a bush.

iris1-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) close-up of an iris

iris2-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) close-up of another iris---i like irises, and these are some cool ones!

blueflowers-PD.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) check out the great colors! i love this photo! i've set it to my computer's wallpaper.

gardenwildlife-PD.jpg (Viewed 51 times)  (0 comments) some more wildlife---sadly, this is the closest we got to seeing a bear on our trip.

frogfountain-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) just a cool fountain---i like frogs

dockthrutrees-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) there was a very tall hedge around the place, but there was a hole here...the view through it was pretty.

japanesegarden-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) here we are in the japanese gardens section of Butchart Gardens

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ee-redbridge-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (1 comment) that's me on a cool red bridge above a cool little waterfall!

boarscarer1-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) "Boar Scarer" when the wood tube had filled far enough with water, it would tip over and spill out.

boarscarer2-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (0 comments) after enough water had spilled out, the tube would flip back upright, banging on the rock under it and making a loud knocking noise. apparently it was used to keep boars away, hence the name "boar scarer"

em-rockpath-PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) here comes emily! she didn't know i was waiting at the other side with my camera ready!

ee-rockpath-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) ok, my turn. this is a cool rock walkway!

wildtree-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) this crazy tree is a maze!! but a mouse on it's braches and it'll get lost!

gardens3-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) a view through part of the gardens and out to the ocean

em-whitearch-PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) emily at the entrance to the italian gardens

ee-whitearch-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) ooh, ooh, me too, me too.

welcometovictoria.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) "welcome to victoria" is spelled out in the gardening in front of one of the government buildings.

governmentbldg-PD.jpg (Viewed 54 times)  (0 comments) another angle on that same government building. isn't the architecture great?! i love it!

empresshotel-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) this is the front, center of the Empress hotel. this is probably not even a third of the whole building.

victoriacoast1-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) back on the ship that evening, this is a view of the coast from the deck

victoriacoast2--PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) back on the ship that evening, this is a view of the coast from the deck--looking the other direction

planelanding--PD.jpg (Viewed 58 times)  (0 comments) can you see the little plane landing on the water? these planes are very common up there.

decklights1.jpg (Viewed 55 times)  (0 comments) this is a view of the coast from the deck and the deck lights

decklights2--PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) something about this just looks mystical....the row of deck lights, the mist on the water, the sun trying to work it's way through the clouds....

shipcentrum--PD.jpg (Viewed 53 times)  (0 comments) a view from the top deck looking down through the ship's centrum.

vickiesdisgusted-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) vickie almost can't watch as garth tries the escargo---Gross!!!!

e&eformal-1-PD.jpg (Viewed 52 times)  (0 comments) there are 2 nights that are formal nights when everyone gets all fancied up and goes to dinner and a show. emily and i are wearing dresses that emily made! awesome dresses, eh?

t&nformal-PD.jpg (Viewed 59 times)  (0 comments) tamie and nate---what a fun couple!

ab&mformal-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) this is blake, amy, and molly. amy is jeff's sister.

g&vformal-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) garth and vickie all dressed up too.

e&eformalondeck-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) emily and me on the deck--it's a bit windy!

g&vformalondeck-PD.jpg (Viewed 57 times)  (0 comments) what a cute couple!

t&nformaldeck-PD.jpg (Viewed 56 times)  (0 comments) tamie and nate on the deck

emsflowers-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) emily and jeff's wedding anniversary was may 30th---while we were on the ship, and jeff's in iraq. garth and vickie got emily flowers for her anniversary.

happyanniv&b-day.jpg (Viewed 62 times)  (0 comments) garth and vickie also had their anniversary on the ship, as well as vickie's birthday!

towel2swans-PD.jpg (Viewed 67 times)  (0 comments) every night, when we went to go to bed, our room attendants had turned down the bed and left us a folded towel animal.

towelanimal-PD.jpg (Viewed 68 times)  (0 comments) they did different animals every night. is this a puppy? we couldn't figure out for sure what this one was.

towelbunny-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (0 comments) how cute!

towelelephant-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) the elephant was my favorite

towelswan-PD.jpg (Viewed 60 times)  (0 comments) and a swan

iceram-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) the last night, the chef's put on a big midnight display of their skills. there were food sculptures and carvings and a couple ice carvings too.

transmermaid-PD.jpg (Viewed 61 times)  (0 comments) this is a cheese sculpture. it's a terrible picture, but i had to save it because it made us laugh---cartain features looked very masculine for a mermaid. other features were definitely female (i can't bring myself to call it feminine)

g&vdancing-PD.jpg (Viewed 63 times)  (1 comment) can you see garth and vickie dancing down below? bottom right couple.