Holland America Zaandam
Happy travellers
Same happy traveler; different woman
Getting ready to board
First things first
The obligatory life boat drill
Why would you want to break a bottle of Champagne over the bow when you can drink it?
Leaving Seattle
Out into Puget Sound
Linda imagining that she's on the Titanic
Linda and Ena
Day 2... what happened to the sun?
Onboard cooking demonstration
Some shrimp...
...and a little chocolate volcano for dessert
Still Day 2: seas are getting rougher
Not all passengers are feeling well
Some even miss dinner
But not the stalwart
More hearty souls
Yummm
Waiting for Ena
Found her
Day 3
We're in Alaska
Roughing it in the Crowsnest
Some people watch the scenery; some people spin
Arriving in Juneau
Not a lot of room for the town to expand
Linda
Native entertainers
The tram up Mt Roberts
Nice parking place, Captain
Some blue sky
Mt Roberts trail
The ubiquitous sock
Still some snow around
Mountain flora
Tree spirit
Whew, it must be the elevation...
Back to the ship
Extreme spinning
Coctail hour
It must be 5 o'clock somewhere
Sweetpea and some scarey thing with gold eyes
Bar, check; iPod, check; laptop, check.
Our sitting room
Day 4: Cruising Endicott Arm
First ice spotted
Taking a break from iceberg watch
Good food...
...no cooking...
...no dishes to wash
A very quiet and peaceful place
Dawes Glacier
Dawes Glacier from the comfort of our cabin
Ena
Hey, Linda, we're not in Georgia anymore
Glacial silt makes the water milky
A perspective on some of the ice chunks here
Numerous waterfalls along the walls of the fiord
It's contageous
We could have been kyaking
Stealth knitting
A little hot chocolate on the veranda
Catching up on the news
Leaving Endicott and Tracy Arm
One of the onboard enrichment lectures
The Ocean Bar
Harvey
Linda in pre-dinner mode
Ena in pre-dinner mode
Day 5: Sitka
Sitka harbor
The Zaandam from the tender
Our photography tour in Sitka
Alaska Columbine
Lots of spring flowers
Decided to not take this trail
John tries out his macro setting
Lots of Bald Eagles here
Some more Sitka photos
A fishing boat
Repairing the nets
Lunch break
Halibut cheeks
Fish and chips
The Russian Orthodox church
A Russian dance performance by an all-woman local group
...none of which are of Russian descent
Loading the tender for the ride back to the ship
Leaving Sitka
Dining room follies
Linda gets help with her toque
Only sophisticated diners can eat here
This is what wh had for dinner
Baked Alaska
Linda likes it!
Cindy II... there's a story here!
Day 6: Ketchikan
Imagine... a yarn shop in Alaska
Totem poles
Ketchikan Creek
Ferral cats
Creek Street
At the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
Lorette and anothr bear friend
Original smoked salmon
Little fish
Big fish
Imagine if you lived here: new cruise ships every day
Leaving Ketchikan
Wine tasting in the afternoon
Our cabin...
...down this corridor
We keep running into this guy
These people clean up pretty well
Dancing at the Ocean Bar
More scarey things in the night
The crew's farewell performance
Day 7: Back to Puget Sound and the sunshine
Sailing into Victoria, BC
The Parliment Building
The Empress Hotel
The Bengal Bar at the Empress Hotel
Impeccable service
Memories
View from our veranda when we woke up on Friday morning
Look closely: Mt Rainier in the distance
