Sea Otters in Alaska

If you look real close you might be able to tell that these are sea otters. There not the easiest animals to take pictures of in the wild because they are not all that big and you don't get really close up. But we did get to see many of them during our boat cruise outside of Sitka, Alaska.

Whale Watching in Auke Bay, Alaska

Yesterday we enjoyed an evening whale watching cruise in Auke Bay, Alaska. We were extremely lucky to encounter a pod of about 10 to 12 whales right from the start. The boat operator follow this pod for most of the trip. The pod even included a baby whale who was having a great time playing in the water flipping his tail and breaching out of the water. This so far has been the highlight of the trip. They are so beautiful and graceful.

A Crab Feast in George's Inlet, Ketchikan, Alaska

This is me holding a live crab which we just pulled out from a crab pot in the bottom of George's Inlet during a tour of the inlet. While on the tour we saw eagles, black bear, harbor seals and of course crabs. After our boat tour we arrived at a lodge where we feasted on all the crab we could eat after we learned the proper way of cracking a crab.

Leaving Vancouver

This is a picture of the Vancouver and Canada Place as our ship, the Regent Navigator set sail. We set sail yesterday and tomorrow we will dock at our first port of call which is Ketachan, Alaska.

Off Again

Steve and I will begin our Alaskan cruise next week and afterward will tour Denali National Park for four days. So the intention is to try to blog while I am away. Hopefully I remember how. Thank you to my friends who have been after me to get back on my blog!

Recently in Telluride

This is a picture of Steve and I after hiking up Bear Creek Canyon in Telluride, Co. Steve isn't big on hiking but was gracious enough to consent to hike with me to Bear Creek Falls on our wedding anniversary last month. The hike is about 3 miles round trip with about 1000 foot elevation gain. Because of the amount of late snowfall this year in the San Juan Mountains all the area waterfalls were bigger than we had ever seen them at this time of year.