Cruise to Alaska

from Seattle
on the Majestic Pricess
August 30th–September 9, 2024


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  1. FSC_4556.NEF — The Seattle Westin where Dawn, her mom, and we stayed.
  2. IMG_3856.HEIC — Lunch at Lola’s, a Greek Restaurant
  3. FSC_4670.NEF — The Farmers Market is one of the two biggest higlights of Seattle.
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  5. FSC_4541.NEF — We had dinner at Wild Ginger Mackenzie
  6. ESC_9590.NEF — The sweeping view from our room
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  8. ESC_9593.NEF — In a queue to go up the Space Needle, Seattle’s other big attraction.
  9. ESC_9639.NEF — The Space Needle from Chihuly Garden and Glass.
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  13. FSC_4573.NEF — A giant daddy long legs
  14. FSC_4584.NEF — That stairway is a very long way down.
  15. ESC_9625.NEF — We visited the Chihuly Garden and Glass next to the Space Needle.
  16. FSC_4626.NEF — Several museums around the U.S. feature Dale Chihuly, a prolific glass artist.
  17. FSC_4615.NEF — Looking up
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  19. FSC_4597.NEF — Sea Life in glass
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  26. FSC_4590.NEF — Baskets that inspired a glass vase by Mr. Chihuly
  27. ESC_9643.NEF — An atrium leading to the outdoor garden
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  29. IMG_3859.HEIC — We had wood fired pizza in the garden.
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  34. FSC_4660.NEF — A real spider—not glass
  35. ESC_9657.NEF — Back at the hotel for the night, where Dawn joined us.
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  37. FSC_4677.NEF — Peaceful protest outside our hotel as we left for the ship.
  38. FSC_5280.NEF — The Majestic Princess is twice the size of the Q.E. II.
  39. FSC_5237.NEF — If someone falls into the water, the crew can drop this skiff to pick them up quickly.
  40. ESC_9663.NEF — The 3,702 passengers were efficiently processed before boarding.
  41. IMG_3863.HEIC — On our balcony
  42. IMG_3862.HEIC — Our stateroom was comfortable.
  43. ESC_9671.NEF — The Grand Foyer
  44. ESC_9669.NEF — Dawn, Bunny and Barbara
  45. ESC_9678.NEF — Topsides, enjoying the sun before we depart
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  47. IMG_3866.HEIC — We always ate in the buffet restaurant.
  48. FSC_5228.NEF — The food was great!
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  50. FSC_4691.NEF — Departing Seattle
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  52. FSC_4711.NEF — Meeting the ship’s officers
  53. FSC_4722.NEF — The only moose we saw on the trip!
  54. FSC_4729.NEF — The stage shows were spectacular.
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  57. FSC_4743.NEF — The hall went the 1/4 mile length of the ship.
  58. ESC_9687.NEF — A quick breakfast before we head out for our first excursion.
  59. FSC_4827.NEF — Ketchikan was our first stop.
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  62. ESC_9707.NEF — The town was quite charming.
  63. ESC_9709.NEF — Up to 17,000 tourists enter the town of 3,000.
  64. FSC_4750.NEF — Twila Sivertsen at the Totem Center, tells us Inuit lore.
  65. FSC_4747.NEF — Five kinds of salmon live in the waters here. Here are four.
  66. ESC_9714.NEF — A sweeping view with locals fishing for salmon
  67. FSC_4779.NEF — An eagle flies overhead…
  68. FSC_4763.NEF — and in the trees, surveying the scene.
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  70. FSC_4756.NEF — Saxman’s Totem Park features many Inuit artifacts
  71. FSC_4793.NEF — A pole dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, whom they honored
  72. FSC_4796.NEF — But Secretary Seward was on the outs, because they thought he snubbed them.
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  75. FSC_4802.NEF — Inuit communal lodge
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  77. FSC_4824.NEF — Back in Ketchikan—away from the crowds near the dock.
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  79. FSC_4819.NEF — We saw salmon wherever there was flowing water.
  80. ESC_9738.NEF — Yelp recommended Alaska Fish House. We got in and it was great!
  81. IMG_3869.HEIC — The stage show spectacular that night had a carnival theme.
  82. FSC_4837.NEF — Breakfast
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  84. FSC_4877.NEF — We enter Endicott Arm, a fjord.
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  86. ESC_9761.NEF — Icebergs that fell off the glacier
  87. ESC_9787.NEF — They had a blue tint.
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  89. ESC_9782.NEF — We could not get near the Endicott Glacier, because of the icebergs.
  90. ESC_9803.NEF — The glacier is 300 feet high at the water line.
  91. FSC_4901.NEF — Global warming is creating new streams.
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  96. FSC_4936.NEF — We’re now in Juneau, the only state capital you can’t drive to.
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  98. ESC_9825.NEF — Mendenhall Glacier State Park: The glacier has receded several miles from the visitor area.
  99. IMG_3878.HEIC — The waterfall is relatively new. A trail was built to it five years ago.
  100. IMG_3884.HEIC — Dawn unwraps Alaskan King Crab at Terry’s Crab Shack.
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  102. IMG_3880.HEIC — We had Snow Crab.
  103. FSC_4971.NEF — Now we’re in Skagway.
  104. ESC_9826.NEF — Off on our White Pass Summit Rail and Bus Excursion. Native berries.
  105. ESC_9831.NEF — The trail on which the Klondike miners lugged 1,000 pounds of supplies in their search for gold.
  106. FSC_4990.NEF — Our guide was from Cork, Ireland. He told us folk tales about the miners’ life.
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  108. FSC_4998.NEF — On the Alaska/Canada border
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  110. FSC_5004.NEF — In Canada, we’ll ride back on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad.
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  112. FSC_5029.NEF — The train rides on this narrow gauge, 3-foot wide track.
  113. FSC_5009.NEF — The cars were heated by an oil stove and had large windows.
  114. FSC_5032.NEF — Snow capped mountain
  115. FSC_5018.NEF — The rail ride was the highlight of the trip.
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  117. FSC_5066.NEF — Shack on the Alaskan/Canadian border—national, state and provincial flags
  118. FSC_5076.NEF — Long abandoned railroad trestle…
  119. FSC_5078.NEF — had a collapsed section
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  121. FSC_5102.NEF — Rounding the bend…
  122. FSC_5126.NEF — Another route
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  125. FSC_5164.NEF — We’re back in Skagway, looking for lunch, but the restaurants were packed.
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  127. IMG_3886.HEIC — Our Alaskan journey is winding down. A naturalist on board is describing wild life
  128. IMG_3892.HEIC — Facts about the ship
  129. FSC_5169.NEF — Sunrise
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  131. IMG_3909.HEIC — All the chefs on board the Majestic
  132. FSC_5181.NEF — Heading toward Victoria, Canada. The warm sun brings out the bathers.
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  134. FSC_4918.NEF — The only real teak on the ship
  135. ESC_9864.NEF — We’re approaching Victoria where the ship is just going there to pass Customs.
  136. FSC_5199.NEF — Just there for a couple of hours at night. The ship next to us is even larger.
  137. FSC_5203.NEF — Marina back in Seattle
  138. FSC_5211.NEF — $30 million yacht of a tech giant
  139. FSC_5208.NEF — Last photo before we disembark
  140. FSC_5238.NEF — Our luggage is in there, somewhere.
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  142. FSC_5287.NEF — We took an excursion boat that toured the Seattle waterfront.
  143. FSC_5277.NEF — Lars, the tour guide, whose family has lived in Seattle for three generations.
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  147. FSC_5290.NEF — The canal to Lake Union, built by the U.S. during the First World War
  148. FSC_5300.NEF — We pass through a lock, to raise our boat
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  150. FSC_5325.NEF — The canal is lined with commercial water craft.
  151. ESC_9979.NEF — Exterior shot for the movie, Sleepless in Seattle
  152. FSC_5356.NEF — Another Seattle landmark
  153. FSC_5360.NEF — full of curiosities
  154. IMG_3932.HEIC — Classic ’20s motor yacht, at Duke’s Restaurant, recommended by Lars
  155. IMG_3937.HEIC — Adieu!
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