Hey folks...

...I will post by date, so you may have to check for "older post"  Thanx!!

What a Bust!!!

So we went to the chapel to meet you all and guess what??  IT'S FAKE!!!  I had my laptop and we logged on, the room was not even set up the same...DUD!!!  So tomorrow or Saturday we will be in Anchorage and we might get better internet service.  That means I will be able to get a few more pics on.  Whoo Hoo...

2 Days at Sea...

 ...was relaxing.  We went through glaciar bay.  Again it was cloudy then got clear, as we headed out of the bay it started to rain.  On Friday we went through College Fjords.  On Friday we went to cooking show and had a tour of the galley.  It was 1 of the 7 and the smallest of them all.

SPECIAL NOTICE…

…On Friday night @ 6:30pm eastern go to the PRINCESS CRUISES webpage.  Look for view ships or fleet and look for the DIAMOND PRINCESS ship.  You should see a link to the bridge cam. (a new window will open)  In the top right corner you will see “Select a Cam to View”.   Look for the one that says Diamond Princess Wedding Cam.  We will be in there.  We want everyone to log on so we can say hi, because we are cheese heads like that.  See you then….

In Skagway...

...is by far my favorite place.  About 400 people during the winter months and 1400 during the summer.  What did we do...ummm we went ziplining, if that's a word.  It was an adventure park and zip line.  After we went on a bus trip to Klondike summit near the Yukon trail.  The zip line was fun, but again I was fearful of the cables.  A 300lb guy in a harness, being held up by (2) 1/2" cables that claim to hold 10,000lbs, whatever...  The bus trip was cool going up, BEAUTIFUL!!!  Coming down not so much, the clouds moved down the mountain and covered the roadway.  The driver was going down the mountain at like 100MPH, but he was a pro.  He and his wife come up to Skagway every year to work.  They live in LA.  It was interesting talking to everyone and learning that none live in Alaska.  We were finally able to talk to someone who was a local.  We went to dinner in-town at the local brewery.  It was good.  Notice the picture of the Red Onion...it really leans by 2'...COOL.  After dinner we back to ship and it was pouring, we had to take our own pic.  I really like it here, when we move it would be here.  LOL

In Juneau...

...again RAIN...man let it go already.  Today was bike and brew day.  The rain let up for a while then was persistent mist for about 1/2 the ride then rain for the last 1/4.  It was tiring but fun.  After that we went on Tram that went up a gazillion feet.  I was scared to death going up...did i mention the 30mph winds.  Coming down was better, but still scary, for me at least.  Jessie was laughing at me.  We had a score...A Black Bear.  When were walking to the glacier there was a bear next to river.  It was walking along the river bed, looked at us and kept going.  It was awesome...I did get video of it as well.  In the end we were wet and cold.  we went back to ship had dinner, saw a comedian juggler and went to bed.  We were BEAT.  Skagway tomorrow...

In Ketechican…

…a little rainy and a chill in the air.  We picked our bus at the dock it took us about 20 minutes up a hill.  We got off and walked down 79 steps to restaurant/lodge and dock.  We got on boat and went…ummm…well somewhere.  We stopped at an old salmon cannery; saw an eagle’s nest then went to the crab traps.  I volunteered to pull up one of crab traps which were 60’ down.  It was cool!!  We pulled up 2 of them, they told us how they breathe and eat.  The tour guide was good, gave us a lot of history of that area and Alaska.  We made it back to the dock and went to the restaurant.  All you can eat crabs…yumm—o.  They were delicious and they had cheese cake with blueberries.  The bad…we had to walk up the 79 steps to get the bus…blaaaa.  We went back to town stopped in a shop and then got back on the ship.