Jim and Jane visit Alaska

The first time I asked Dad if he wanted to cruise with me over Christmas, he was on the fence. Cruising the Caribbean wasn't exactly theh cruise he wanted to take ~ he said that he wanted to cruise to Alaska. Well, unfortunately we don't cruise to Alaska in December so he had to settle for the Carribean. So Jim finally got his Alaskan cruise.

The weather was great and to be honest, it was one of the best weeks we have had all season.
We had dinner each night in the Dining Room and despite having the late seating of 8:30pm, we were dining in daylight. Dad wanted to come in June/July so that while we cruised in the evening, we could still check out the scenery. The sun would set after 10:30pm, and often we were able to see the sunset after we finished dinner.

My big excursion with Dad and Jane was a trip to Mendanhall Glacier. We took a local shuttle out to the glacier and were entertained by the driver of all the local facts of Juneau ~ the capital of Alaska.

The shuttle:

We saw many pieces of ice floating and perhaps even more shocking was the group of people swimming in this 'refreshing' water!



Took a bit of a hike only to discover that when you keep going up, you won't end up at the base of the waterfall!!

Our Destination:
Our Path...

Evidence of Glacial movement on the rocks ~ how else could they get all scratched up like that.