slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Alaska/British Columbia
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“The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. ‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?’ he asked. “‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’” Here’s how this travelogue works. I posted my notes from the journal that I kept during the trip, along with…
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Sunday, July 19 8:18 a.m. Waiting to disembark the ship with a tour. Dread going through all the customs & security lines. [Wasn’t nearly as bad as the day we came, when we had to go through Canadian and then right back through US customs within a couple of hours!] We are sitting in Pacific…
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[Sunset from Friday night – the sun didn’t set until around 10 p.m.] around 10 a.m. we are back in the inside passage on our way back to Vancouver tomorrow. Yesterday’s waves and sun and clouds were a nice change but I started getting sea sick after dinner because the ship was rolling back and…
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[The following was written the day after we visited Skagway because I tended to write first thing in the morning.] friday, july 17th – AT SEA- About halfway through the day yesterday, l lost my capability to use words to describe the beauty we were seeing. So I’ll have to print out of lot of…
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[These photos do not do this experience justice. Not only were we trying to get photos from a moving train, our camera, like those poor pack horses and mules worked to death on the Trail of ’98, was on its last legs. This was an expensive ride, and well worth the money. Sandy took many…
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[Just when you thought that it couldn’t possibly get any prettier, we came to Sawyer Glacier.] [The way back.] [The following was written the next morning.] Thursday, July 16. 7 a.m. the ship is barely moving as it moves in to dock. Had a light breakfast only because of meds. I am overstuffed from eating…
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[The nicest surprise of the trip was that I fell totally in love with icebergs. I’d love to do a series of photographs of nothing but icebergs.] [Harbor seals rest on icebergs where they don’t have to worry about being eaten by orcas.]
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In the afternoon the ship sailed through Tracy Arm Fjord up to Sawyer Glacier. It was the most beautiful scenery that I have ever seen. So many waterfalls and I never knew that a glacier would be so stunning. Blue icebergs and harbor seals. Bald eagles. Fascinated by so many icebergs and the shapes and…
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[Sandy and I agreed that it was some time in the middle of this day that we began to lose the capacity for words to describe the beauty we were seeing. That loss of words would extend into the next day.]
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juneau, ak wednesday, july 15 6:300 a.m. on the aft deck. A bald eagle just flew about 10 feet directly over my head. Crows strutting around waiting for someone to drop some food. We will meet Sherri & her boys around 9 am in town and she will take us to Mendenhall Glacier where we…
slowly she turned 