Am I the Dreamer or just part of the Dream...?: July 2006

Enough Already!

Alright, I won't lie. I really want to be done with Alaska. Today marks one month since I've been home and I'm still posting Alaska pics! It would be nice to finish up and post some from my summer at home! Not much left though...

View from the top: Mount Roberts in Juneau.

That's our ship!

The famous Hubbard Glacier.

... and again

Quite a view from our room :)

Sitka, capital of Russian Alaska

In 1741, the Russians arrived in Sitka, Alaska and claimed the land for their country. Sitka was named the capital of Alaksa and became the home of the Russian-American Company until the U.S. bought the enormous landmass in the late 1800s.
Incidentally, most Americans at the time thought Alaska was a waste of money. THAT, however, was before the goldrush.

Sitka's Russian history is still evident in the city's architecture and culture.

The Cathedral of Saint Michael

More amazing Alaskan art.

For the couple who has everything.

Seward was our turn-around port.

My baby in his Alaska hat and gloves I bought him :)

The White Pass and Yukon Railroad stretches 40 miles through rough mountain terrain. It was a busy route among gold rushers travelling from the port of Skagway. You can still take the three hour trip over the route built in 1898.

Well, I'm home now (YAY!) and it is so wonderful! However, before I can be done with the Summit there are still a few things I want to post from the end of my contract. Here is the first of these posts, of Victoria, B.C.

After our first Alaska run we went into drydock in Victoria for a week. There was something wrong with one of the ship’s propellers and we couldn’t continue without it being fixed.

Although we had to put in a couple of hours work each day, it was mostly training and cleaning in the casino, and it gave us a lot of extra time off to explore the city.

Victoria was beautiful and Jack and I got out more than we usually do… Thai food, steak house, casino (Jack won, I lost, but we had a lot of fun). We were sad to leave.

Even though I was still far from home, it was so nice to be back in Canada for a few days