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| David at our traditional road trip starting point, Starbucks. |
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| Me, in the bathroom of the Orlando airport. I take these photos for the sole purpose of bugging Shirley. |
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| David, having lunch at the MN airport. |
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| Us, waiting for the last leg of our flight to Vancouver. |
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| Story here: The night before the cruise I had a dream that when we got to the ship, it was just a barge and people kept falling off into the water. When David and I walked down to the pier, this was the first boat we saw. I took this picture and told Shirley the ship was everything I dreamed of. She wasn't amused. |
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| David and I at the pier in Vancouver. This was really the only day it rained the whole trip. |
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| Shirley made a new friend. These were all over the city, I think it's a similar project to the sea turtle one here where local artists paint them for charity. |
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| Waiting in the hotel lobby for our bus to be called. |
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| The hotel was pretty fancy and nice until we opened our drapes and saw a guy peeing in the alley. |
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| Still waiting for our bus to be called. |
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| The pier was only about 1/2 mile from the hotel, but we had a ton, you might even say "a boatload" of luggage. |
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| David looking for birds while we were still in the Vancouver port. |
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| Vancouver was a neat city. Many buildings had grass or trees growing on them. Click to enlarge this picture to see the forest on this building. |
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| Georgie, photographing Vancouver. |
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| The port building was neat, it reminded me a lot of the airport in Colorado. |
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| It took a long time for the boat to actually leave the port, and a short time for the Blanchard contingent to find the alcohol! Here are Shirley and Lynn with fancy drinks, and David drinking a $2.00 ginger ale (surprise! "all inclusive" doesn't include soda or bottled water) |
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| We finally started moving, here are David and Shirley giving the thumbs up. |
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| Lynn and Georgie giving the thumbs up. I was too, but I was taking the picture. |
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| This is a big bridge we went under leaving Vancouver. |
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| This is my first picture of Alaska. This is Ketchican, the first port we stopped in. |
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| Me and Shirley on deck waiting to disembark at Ketchican. |
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| Georgie, Shirley and David on deck. |
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| Georgie, Shirley and Lynn. |
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| It was way colder than I was expecting. I bought myself a sexy new hat. OK, not really sexy, but it kept my little ears toasty! |
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| One of the dining rooms on the ship had a kitty in it that reminded me of Barty! |
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| Another view of the area from the ship. Been a while since I've seen snow. Haha! Turns out I don't really miss it! |
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| Our first critter, a bald eagle. |
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| Our second critter, a freaking HUGE eagle! |
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| This was a weird little bar in Ketchican. The Jack Nicholson in the window was kinda freaky. |
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| This was living on the dock in Ketchican. I don't know what it was. It had too many legs to be an octopus. Maybe a squid? Update: According to Heather and John, this is a sun seastar. |
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| We couldn't get onto the trip that Shirley, Lynn and Georgie did, so David and I took a city bus to Ward Lake to hike. This was a sign on the trail that someone defaced with what appeared to be poop of some kind. |
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| A townsend's warbler. |
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| A banana slug. This was a life critter for me. I really liked the slugs here. I tried to find an ID guide for them, but couldn't find one. I guess I'm the only one who wanted to know! |
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| Hmm. Some kind of sparrow or something? |
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| Another terrible picture of a kingfisher. This is my nemesis bird, I don't think I will ever get a good picture. |
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| David, e-birding. |
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| Us, waiting for the bus back to the boat. |
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| David, in front of the eagle statue. |
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| This was kind of cool. Every night*, the stateroom attendent left our towels in the shape of a critter. *Well, every night up until the "incident" after which, I think she was afraid to enter our room. What was seen can never be unseen. I hope she didn't go blind or insane. |
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