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The Alaska cruise embarked from Vancouver,B.C., so we went a couple of days early to see the city. First night in Vancouver, walking to Granville Island for dinner.
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Posing on the way home from dinner.
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On the Canadian Trail by Canada Place.
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A day on Grouse Mountain.
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Time to board the Disney Wonder to celebrate Grammie's 70th birthday!
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Taking in the view from the ship.
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Getting our bearings.
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Getting comfortable with the entertainment opportunities.
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The famous Disney Character Breakfast - 6 characters in 60 minutes, oh my!
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We became characters ourselves,
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On day 3, the ship went into Tracy Arm to see the Glacier. We did some photo posing while the ship navigated the narrow channel.
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And played checkers.
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And made friends.
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There it is!
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With icebergs like that, it must be cold.
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Tyrian is cold....
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...but our polar bears see it as just another opportunity to swim.
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After the glacier, our social schedule dictated we attend a tea party.
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First day ashore. We went to a dog mushing camp on a glacier, via helicopter.
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On the glacier.
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Mushing!
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Holding the sled dog puppies. Tank was age 14 days.
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Solo was 8 weeks old.
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Back to Skagway.
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A flyover of the Disney Wonder.
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The next day we traveled to a whale watching adventure in Juneau.
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Waiting for whales.
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Ahoy, a humpback!
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Thar they blow!
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Lots and lots of whales.
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We got to see bubble net feeding, something even our veteran crew got excited about due to the rarity of the occasion to watch nature in action. Pictures completely do not due this justice. Magnitude, in almost every sense of the word.
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Tuckered out.
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Relaxing after the adventure.
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Unlimited ice cream was available.
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That night we celebrated the big birthday.
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Portraits by Disney.
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As we came down the hall the next morning, we had a celebrity sighting.
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Getting set to go on a crab boat in Ketchikan.
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Crabbing!
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At first, Evya was not too sure she wanted to hold a crab.
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With some gentle encouragement....
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...more encouragement....
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....more.....
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....hey, not bad...
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....turns out it was a pretty cool thing to do!
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Watching some young men salmon fishing off a bridge.
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Formal night on the boat.
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Last day and night at sea.
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A commemorative photo for Grammie.
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Squeezing in as much swimming as possible in the Mickey Pool.
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On the last night, who should come down the hallway but Belle!
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A last moment with Donald before saying our farewells.
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Goodbye, Disney boat :(
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