Alaska Cruise Part 2

The whale watching boat part was incredible!
So many humpbacks!
It was pouring rain but we went out on the open bow so that we could see better
Steve loved this excursion!
Sea lions 🙂
Bonus orcas 😊
49th Capitol building 🙂
Very wet day but a satisfying one. My camera needs to be dried obviously.
Walking along the rainy docs…
…to our ghost ship 😃
Coming into Sitka
Love chillin on the balcony. So much incredible scenery passing by
We had to skip our Skagway port because of bad weather. So we didn’t get to see the cool town or the awesome railway. Sad face.
They reinstated our original Sitka excursions (Sitka was our original port but right before the cruise they changed to Skagway) which included this snorkeling that I was SO excited about.
But then it got cancelled! Dang it! I was so tired of getting jerked around that we cancelled Steve’s boat tour and just decided to walk around town ourselves.
Good choice! What a beautiful town!
Russian Orthodox Church

We walked along the oceanfront
Sitka national historical park
Such a beautiful forest
Found a beautiful river
…full of salmon!
The raptor center is full of rescue birds, some who will be released into the wild ( no contact with humans) and some like these who wouldn’t survive and so get to be seen by the public
Saw eagles in the wild off the balcony before we left Sitka
Time lapse leaving Sitka
Went swimming the last day
Took lots of time-lapses
Had baked Alaska for the first time
Pulling in to Vancouver
Disembarked and walked along the waterfront. Turns out they have chevron on the water!
Did a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Got off and walked around Stanley park
Brockton Point lighthouse
Beautiful rose gardens
Got off to see the steam clock.
Capilano suspension bridge with mike and Risa
Vancouver beach
Sushi for dinner!
Yummy donuts