Alaskan Cruise: June 08

Yes, I am still blogging about June...it was a busy month! After our time in Colorado, we headed to Seattle, where we met up with Stephen's parents and his brother, Erik, and his wife, Julie. Remember them from Seattle in March? Well, we all met up there to go on an Alaskan cruise to celebrate Mom and Dad Bruce's 35th wedding anniversary and Mom's birthday -- a monumental one. :)

Here is my really cute husband and I on the boat, watching Seattle go by.

Here is the rest of the crew: Paula, Scott, Julie, Erik

We left on Saturday afternoon and sailed through the night and all of the next day and night. We first arrived in Juneau.

Here is the beautiful town of Juneau. It sits nestled between the gorgeous mountains and the peaceful water.

Stephen and I had signed up to go ziplining in Juneau. So, we headed to the excursion bus. The bus took us to a boat, which took us across the waterway and to this cabin, where we got all our gear on.

Stephen is excited!!!

I am also excited. I get a little giddy when I get to wear repelling gear and ropes. It is so much fun!

Here is a video of Stephen zipping one of the longest zips on the tour. This one was over 500 feet long! There were a total of 9 zips and two skywalks. This was our favorite excursion we went on. And it was treasured time, since we had planned on ziplining in Costa Rica on our honeymoon, but couldn't go, due to all the rain.

This is Stephen, repelling down from the final platform.

We went to one of the specialty restaurants one night to celebrate Mom's birthday. It was an Italian restaurant and the waitstaff sang with Italian accents and a lovely mustache. Erik and Julie, singing Happy Birthday
Our second stop on the cruise was Skagway. The whole family went on a train ride up into the mountains. We saw amazing scenery and marveled at His creation.

Erik and Julie on the train

Check this out!

You can see the back of the train - we were in the first car

I loved this beautiful valley

Another day, we stayed on the cruise boat, but it took us into Tracy Arm Fjord, where we saw this huge glacier! Look how blue it is! The cliffs and water and fog reminded us of Lord of the Rings.

We saw many of these waterfalls, dropping into the water. See all of the ice chunks? There were some bigger chunks (icebergs) that had a beautiful blue hue to them.

We also had a couple of other excursions. We also stopped in Ketchikan, where us and Erik and Julie went canoeing and 4-wheeling in Jeeps. That was a blast! We all had a chance to drive and the trails were more bumpy than we had expected!

Our final stop was in Victoria. We were there, just long enough to go on a Pub Tour of 3 different pubs. That was just a fun and relaxing excursion. We arrived back on the boat late at night and the next morning, arrived back in Seattle.

We had so much fun with our family! We are so glad we were able to go on this trip before we left.