Monday, August 8, 2011

ALASKA CRUISE part 1

Jo and I traveled to Seattle in the motor home while Jo’s sisters Arla and Barbara, with husband Mike,  flew to Seattle the day before the cruise  began on July 29, 2011. The ship was Rhapsody of the Seas owned by Royal Caribbean. We stored the RV in an RV park in Bothell WA and engaged a limo to take us and the other three to Seattle’s Pier 91.

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Arla, Barbara and Mike with limo driver, Steve, on way to the pier.

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Seattle skyline as our ship prepares to depart.

 

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Wide wake left by our ship as we left Seattle.

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Arla, Mike, Barbara and Jo at our first happy hour on the ship

 

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Shipboard “sale” of warm clothing around pool on a cool day! This was one of many such ”sales”.

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Captain’s Reception before our first formal dinner on the ship. My facial hair was professionally trimmed just before the cruise.

 

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Our waiter, Julius, taking order in dining room

 

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Juneau was our first port of call. Arla and I visited Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau, which has been receding for several years. Large waterfall is at right . The other three took a float plane ride over glaciers.

 

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Entertainer at Juneau’s Red Dog Saloon performing original song titled “Sarah, Sarah”.

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The waitress sure keeps busy at the Red Dog.

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