Jill and I accepted Ernest and Kathleen's invitation to join them on their Alaska Marine Highway System adventure last July. We celebrated Kathleen's 60th birthday and all of us were quite the active seniors. E&K drove their well-stocked Sportsmobile to Seattle, Washington and picked us up at SeaTac. We added our camping gear to the 4x4 van and hopped on the ferry at Bellingham. Two nights and many whale, orca, and dolphin sightings later, we were docking in Ketchikan. We drove off the ferry and camped several nights in the Ketchikan area, then got back on the ferry and did the same thing in Wrangell, and finally Petersburg. We had great camp sites, exciting tours, fantastic food and drink, and many hours of light to enjoy it all. It was a great adventure indeed, as you'll see below. I hope you enjoy the photos...
Agile Black Bear
Approaching Shakes Lake
Mama Grizzly & Cub
Beautiful Inside Passage Sunset
Smooth Landing
Blue Ice & LeConte Glacier
Forlorn Bear After Dropping Fish
Young Grizzly Enjoying the Bounty
The Sweetest Campsite Ever near Wrangell
Angular Iceberg
Iceberg
Nature Produces Some Beauties
Swiss Cheese Iceberg
Juvenile Bald Eagle
Inside Passage
Disrespectful Youth
Early Morning Arrival in Ketchikan
LeConte Glacier
Momma Griz & Her Cubs
Summertime and the Livin' is Easy
Glacier at the End of Shakes Lake
Hanging Out
Stuffed Old Black Bear
View from Petersburg at Dusk
If you made it this far, to the end of someone else's vacation photos, thanks! You can see I did not take the time and effort to tell you every camera setting and focal length this time. I haven't posted in quite a while, so I am happy just to get these up and share with you. If you want to see a great video of a bear feeding on salmon at the Anan Bear Observatory outside of Wrangell, please go to my YouTube site:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrMpeeps
Peace...
