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Ann on the balcony | | During the lifeboat drill |
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| | Walking around the boat |
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| | Look carefully - I think that thing sticking out is an orca fin |
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| | Towel animals |
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I think the crew was practicing towel animals in the gym locker room - that's where this picture is from | | I'd love to go on an extended kayak trip around here |
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Guess where we are? | | Tons of bald eagles around - there's one on one of these tanks |
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Taking a boat out to a kayaking location | | Another view of the Carnival Spirit |
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We went to a very quiet little bay to do some (very slow) paddling | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4684.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4699.jpg) | Ken and Ann did the kayaking, too | | Later on, walking around in Sitka |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4711.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4719.jpg) | | | Getting on board the tender, to take us back to the ship |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4725.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4730.jpg) | Getting into Juneau | | At the Mendenhall glacier |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4733.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4737.jpg) | | | I pulled this hunk of ice to shore for the kids to play with |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4749.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4762.jpg) | Close-up through the binoculars - someone in a kayak on the glacial lake | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4766.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4767.jpg) | You can see the glacial striations on the rocks | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4806.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4808.jpg) | Hiking along the Outer Loop Trail near Juneau - Kenny ran ahead and found "surprises" for us | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4809.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4810.jpg) | Interesting area of stunted trees | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4819.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4820.jpg) | There were lots of good flat skipping rocks here. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4821.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4822.jpg) | Voila! The tide receeded to expose a little land bridge here | | Making rock piles, and Kenny had a little "workshop" where he smashed the thin rocks. Peter got to have his binky all day because he missed his nap. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4833.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4839.jpg) | Another view of the Mendenhall glacier | | Some old structures near the dock in Juneau - World War II structures? Or old mines? |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4846.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4847.jpg) | Near the port in Skagway was a place where people had painted lots of ship logos | | A lot of the ports had banks of phones right next to where the cruise lines docked, for the cruise employees |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4852.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4903.jpg) | The town of Skagway. Pretty much 100% tourist. | | On the White Pass train out of Skagway |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4940.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4947.jpg) | The train no longer goes over this rickety old bridge | | We saw a bear along the way |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4956.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4958.jpg) | At the top of the pass | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4964.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_4966.jpg) | A beautifully clear little stream ran alongside the train for a while | | The old trail |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5018.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5020.jpg) | Dinner that night | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5024.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5026.jpg) | Pretty windy! | | Peter loved the elevators |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5027.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5030.jpg) | The town of Ketchikan | | There were 4 cruise boats docked here, and one out in the water |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5035.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5046.jpg) | Tying up the cruise ship is a major undertaking | | Enjoying ice creams |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5051.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5059.jpg) | We took a kayak trip in Ketchikan. It was VERY windy, and hard to paddle! Beautiful clear water, though. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5070.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5071.jpg) | | | These weird things out in the distance are sonar testing devices |
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| ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5093.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2009/alaska/gallery_img_5097.jpg) | Arriving in Vancouver | | On our way home, we witnessed a drunk driver hit a car right in front of us, and stayed to give a statement to the state troopers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |