Some images from the first days of our recent Alaska cruise along the Inside Passage
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- A small rain squall comes across Puget Sound as we prepare to depart on the cruise
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- Sat. afternoon view of Seattle harbor facilities across from the cruise ship berth
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- No visitor to SEattle can leave without getting an image of the “Needle”
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- With thirteen decks (at least?), getting a picture of a seagull from above was easy
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- Heading north and approaching the Queen Charlotte Islands; sunset on approach to the Inside Passage
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- The weather as we began the Inside Passage was cloudy and misty
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- When we docked at Ketchikan, Alaska, there were eagles everywhere
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- Eagle totem on a pole in Saxman Totem Park, near Ketchikan
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- Even politicians get on totem poles in Alaska: here is William Seward, who had the U.S. purchase Alaska from the Russians
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- An expressive totem pole example at the Saxman Village Totem Park near Ketchikan
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- The Totem Pole Museum in Saxman Village, Alaska
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- Ketchikan, Alaska, has no direct land access; everything comes by air or water
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- If you ordered something a couple weeks ago (like toilet paper or cereal?), it might be here ……
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- Looking East north of Ketchikan at the entrance of the Endicott Arm of Stephens Passage
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- Images of Alaska north of Ketchikan
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- Looking northeast at Alaska and British Columbia from Stephens Passage