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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: MrPepsi on June 15, 2012, 01:44:00 PM
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We sailed out of San Francisco, and our ports were Ketchikan, Juneau, Haines and Victoria, BC. The cruise was 10 days and we were happy to have been upgraded to a cabin with a window on deck 7. There are about 50 pictures, I'll post 10 at a time and do text with each when applicable.
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Getting ready to sail away.
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Approaching the Golden Gate Bridge
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Waving to the people on the bridge
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Goodbye SF!
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Arrived in Ketchikan 3 days later.
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The famous Creek Street
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Leaving Ketchikan
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Float plane landing
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Who's that?
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Sailing to Juneau
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In Juneau
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Alaska Brewing Co
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Red Dog Saloon
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Great story about Patsy Ann
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Kim got cranky waiting to get on the Helicopter. She still wasn't sure she wanted to go through with it.
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Refueling took forever. Almost ready.
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This Blackhawk flew over quite a few times.
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Ok lets get onboard.
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Flight to the Mendenhall Glacier
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That's the glacier we will be landing on.
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Of course, she ended up having a great time, and absolutely loved the helicopter ride.
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Back on land. They have a total of 14 helicopters.
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Part of our helicopter tour included a salmon bake. The bugs were everywhere.
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They had a waterfall behind the salmon bake.
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Arrived at our third port, Haines, AK
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(http://www.mrpepsi.com/Alaska2012/FB/51_HainesBrewing.jpg)
Smallest brewery in the state of Alaska. I would have thought the only brewery. :)
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Stunning scenery as we sailed up the Tracy Arm Fjord to see the glacier, then turned around and sailed out. You can see the glacier on the horizon.
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Now in Victoria, BC. This is the Empress Hotel.
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Some pretty cool totems in Victoria.
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Bastion Square.
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On our trip home we had to make a detour to Coos Bay, Or to offload a passenger who was diabetic. He was found unconscious with no pulse in his bathroom. They got a pulse back, but he never regained consciousness. We were about a half mile off the coast of Coos Bay, and this 48 foot Cutter met up with us to take the passenger ashore.
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Back home, yay.
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Incredible trip, thanks for sharing!
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Good stuff.
We'll be doing an Alaska cruise in September out of Seattle, The wife want to do the helo thing.
Mini-Suite with Balcony for the photo ops.
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Lucky dog
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Wow, great pics MP, looks like a awesome time, thanks for sharing!! :thumbs: :thumbs:
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Realy nice, thanks...
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Great pics Brent! Thanks for sharing them with us.
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We did this trip a few years ago but from Vancouver. 7 days. Great trip. What boat were you on?
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Sea Princess round trip to San Francisco.
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Did they serve Pepsi or Coke products on the ship? ;)
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Only Coke products.
I had beer. :)
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Good choice.