Monday, August 1, 2011

Amazing Alaska

Hi you all, I survived my Alaska vacation, despite being disconnected from the internet most of the time, a short case of motion sickness and a (not very) close encounter with a brown bear who’d been shot at a day prior of our visit to his territory. *g*
Ah well, to be honest, we had a wonderful time! :)
Most impressive was the up close and personal with the Hubbard Glacier. Our ship navigated pretty close to the 6 miles wide cliff face and we witnessed how it calved off icebergs the size of a 10-story building (so we were told). Well, it’s a darn imposing natural phenomenon for sure, especially the sound it produces – like a stretched-out and very loud thunder.

We’ve seen some beautiful other places too, here’s just a small selection of everything we saw:




















Isn't it beautiful?
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16 comments:

  1. Awesome and very atmospheric pictures hon. I look for ward to charting with you about the trip! ;)

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  2. Gorgeous photos!! :) Welcome back!

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  3. Breathtaking photos! Glad you saw some whales. :)

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  4. Oh those are beautiful. I showed my daughter and she is very jealous, she's love to go to Alaska. Aren't whales he coolest? Glad you made it home safe and sound.

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  5. Welcome back, Janna! Thanks for sharing these awesome pics!

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  6. Yea!!! I'm glad you had a wonderful vacation. Welcome home (and how is the new home?!) Thank you for sharing the photos and part of your experience with us!

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  7. Glad you had a great time and got home safe and sound.

    Did you take those pictures? You're very talented!

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  8. @Leontine: Thanks, sweets! Me too. :)

    @Chris: Thank you, Chris! :D

    @Val: Yeah, and not just whales but seals and dolphins too. It also happened to be feeding season for the whales, so we saw lots of them. Around 30 I think. :)

    @Tam: Definitely the coolest! :) And one of them did a full body breach which was awesome (haven't caught that on camera of course...).
    I hope you and your daughter can make it to Alaska one day. :D

    @Lily: Thanks, Lily and you're welcome. =)

    @Twimom: Thanks, Jen! :) We're still in our old home for the next 13 days, busy packing. Can't wait to finally move. ;D

    @Patti: Thanks, hon. =) Yep, I did take them... thank you *blush*

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  9. Wow, I love them! I really wanna go there too.

    And ohhh, we got those pink flowers too :)

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  10. Hi B! I'm glad you appreciate them. :)
    I think the pink flowers were called fire weed by the Alaskans. :D

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  11. Gorgeous! Sorry about the poor bear!

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  12. Hey Julia! Yeah, well, but the 'poor bear' ate a dog and came after a ranger before that ranger took a shot at the bear... ;)

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  13. Woa looks awesome! Can I go now too?

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  14. @Lis: Sure, go ahead. :) But you know that Australia is the other way, right? ;D

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