So, this cruise we went on was on Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) and took us up through the Inside Passage of southern Alaska. This was our second time going to pretty much the same places but this time on a different NCL ship. At any rate, I would recommend this trip to anyone. And it is not just for old people. There were alot of kids, teens, young adults as well as us "old" folks. It was a 7 day cruise which went to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, and Victoria with a couple of "at sea" days. The scenery was the most amazing part of the cruise. It was incredible. The mountains are right next to the shore, the glaciers so close you can practically reach out and touch them and the wildlife phenomenal. We saw humpbacks breaching, orcas hunting, harbor seals snatching salmon, bald eagles in trees, and big bears near the shore. The weather was perfect and the water was like glass. Something that we didn't see last year that we saw on this trip was a glacier "calving". This meant that a chunk was breaking off and falling into the water. It literally crashes into the sea. So cool!
In Juneau we went panning for gold, in Skagway we went on a helicopter and walked on a glacier (it was 8 degrees there), and in Ketchikan we went to the fish ladder then went shopping. In Victoria we went to Butchart Gardens but it was very disappointing because it started getting dark almost immediately after we got there.
The food on the ship was great, the casino was a blast, and the juggling duo of Sharkbait was really funny. It was so good that we bought their video.
Just to give you an idea of how incredible the trip was, we took over 1400 pictures. Of course not all of them are perfect and you wade through the imperfections but I would have to say that over 1300 were keepers. I bought a new program for making great slide shows called "Roxio". It took a bit to figure out but I made a killer slide show set to music with transitions. It consisted of a little over 300 pictures.
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