THIS SECTION IS A SERIES OF PHOTOS SHOWING SCENES OF OUR ALASKA CRUISETOUR.

WE BOARD THE ISLAND PRINCESS AT THE DOCK IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER, BC.

OUR FIRST STOP IS AT KETCHIKAN, AK

HERE IS A VIEW OF JUNEAU OUR SECOND PORT OF OUR CRUISE TO SEE THE GLACIERS AND THE WILDERNESS OF ALASKA.

VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE TO SKAGWAY HARBOR. AT SKAGWAY LIKE ALL PORTS OF CALL YOU WILL HAVE DOZENS OF OPTIONS FOR AN EXCURISON OF YOUR CHOICE.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN RAIL AND MOTOR COACH EXCURSION INTO
CANADA'S YUKON TERRITORY.

EVERY DAY IS AN EXCITING FUN FILLED DAY, AND WHEN YOU NEED A REST AT DAYS END YOUR BEAUTIFUL STATEROOM AWAITS.

ABOVE IS THE ATRIUM, IT IS BEAUTIFUL AREA. IT IS JUST ONE OF MANY AREAS YOU CAN VISIT TO HAVE A REFRESHMENT, SHOP, SEE A SHOW IN ONE OF THE LOUNGES, OR SEE A STAGE PRODUCTION IN THE PRINCESS THEATER. AND ALL OF THIS IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE AND DO ON BOARD THE SHIP.
WHEN YOU GET HUNGARY YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF THE MANY RESTAURANTS FOR A MEAL. YOU CAN ORDER ANYTHING ON THE MENU AND NOT BE PRESENTED WITH BILL AT THE END OF THE MEAL, BECAUSE IT PART OF THE CRUISE.

AFTER SKAGWAY THE ISLAND PRINCESS TAKES US TO GLACIER BAY. HERE YOU WILL SEE SCENERY LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE. THIS PHOTO IS OF THE ISLAND PRINCESS ENTERING GLACIER BAY. THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS SCENES IN GLACIER BAY.

THE SHIP GETS QUIET CLOSE TO THE GLACIERS. THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF A GLACIER ARE UNBELIEVABLE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FEAR THE SHIP HITTING SUBMERGED ICE, BECAUSE IT MELTS FASTER UNDER WATER THAN ABOVE WATER.

THIS GLACIER HAS SOIL MIXED IN THE ICE BECAUSE ANOTHER SMALLER GLACIER DROPPED IT DEBRIS ONTO THIS GLACIER.


ANOTHER VIEW FROM OUR DAY LONG CRUISE IN GLACIER BAY.

THE CRUISE PORTION OF OUR TOUR ENDS AT WHITTER, ALASKA WHERE WE BOARD THE TRAIN FOR DENALI

VIEWING THE SCENERY ON THE ROUTE TO DENALI CAN BE DONE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE.
THIS PHOTO AND THE NEXT PHOTO ARE SOME OF THE SCENERY BETWEEN THE SHIP AND DENALI.

BUT THESE TWO PHOTOS ARE JUST WARMING YOU UP FOR SEEING
GRANDEUR MT. McKINLEY.

IT IS SOMETHING TO SEE.

THIS IS OUR HOME FOR THE NEXT 2 NIGHTS.

EXTERIOR OF THE DENALI PRINCESS WILDERNESS LODGE

THERE IS EVEN PRETTY SCENERY AT THE WILDERNESS LODGE.

CAN YOU BEAT THIS?

THE NEXT DAY YOU HAVE A TOUR INTO DENALI NATIONAL PARK.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THOSE FOOTHILLS IN BLACK ARE REALLY MADE OF ICE WITH A LITTLE SOIL ON TOP.

HERE IS A MAP TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE.