shadowmeboy

Eagle Time!

Onboard the vessel and ready to start the excursion! Introducing the crew! Ready to pull out from the dock. See the eagle in the top corner of the picture? Carnival Spirit is in port with us today Royal Princess at Berth 4 a couple of fishing boats Explaining how the hook works! Susan and Max's M had to get a shot! My turn! Baiting a longline string Golden Alaskan King Crab Snow Crab baited long line hooks snow crabs baiting crab jars

Monday, July 11th, 2022 - Cruise Day 6 - Ketchikan, Alaska We had a early morning call to Ketchikan, so we headed to the local for breakfast. We both got a Breakfast Sandwich Port photo! On the dock at Ward Cove The retired Alaskan State Ferry Malaspina - It has been retired and is due to become a floating museum. I love how they incorporated the boxcars into the design of the building. We met our excursion and loaded up into the van to take us over to downtown. On the road from Ward Cove Ketchikan's International Airport Excursion time!

After Dinner, we made our way to the comedy club for the other comedian aboard. He opened up with a dance routine to Beyoncé! We had a good laugh! He was very good! --

One of tonight's photo backgrounds! and another I can't remember what was so funny, but it was a great non scripted shot. We like to have fun in our pictures too! Time for Dinner at Windows Ranchero Beef Mini Tostadas Southwestern Smoked Turkey Salad Bruschetta Beef Short Rib Ragu Braised in Red Wine Potato Gnocchi and I added Shrimp Black Forest Cake Ice Cream No Sugar Added Classic Vanilla Cheesecake

The Carnival Spirit left right behind us! There was a lot of Spirit in the canal at this time! It was pretty nice until it was not...

Alaska's Governor's Mansion is the white house with the three dormers in between the two blue houses. Sailing out of Juneau This barge arrived while we were in Juneau, because it was not there when we arrived. Admiring the waterfalls as we sail out of Juneau Goodbye Juneau!

After lunch, I headed out to the Great Outdoors to watch our sailaway from Juneau. A float plane on final approach touchdown! Another one coming in. I really liked this shot for some reason. touchdown!

Here is the video of the show the Teppanyaki Chef put on for us while cooking our dinner.

We went through Harv & Marv https://www.harvandmarvs-juneau-whale-watching.com/

I spy the Spirit! Having fun while waiting in line! Juneau was hopping with Ships today! Time for lunch! Yippee! Bay Scallop Gratin! Chicken Flautas Bacon Cheeseburger!. Monte Cristo Sandwich Flan de Coco Milk Chocolate Cheesecake --

Making our way back to downtown Juneau Bridge to Douglas Island My mouth was open when i saw the size of the Ovation of the Seas. I don't think I would want to sail on a ship that large. I wouldn't have minded eating here, but it was raining and the line was super long. We made our way to some of our favorite shops. Caribou Crossings is always a must stop. Then it was on to the Alaskan Fudge Company! Yummy! Making Peanut brittle in the window! We shipped our fudge home, and picked up some chocolates for a snack! We decided to head to the ship for some lunch. The line for Tracy's Mt Roberts Tram Love this picture! Heading down to the tender boat

Sea Lions hanging out on a buoy. This was from Susan's cell phone Some great tail action there! We started making our way back into the dock. Max's M wanted to remember his whale watching excursion! You can just make out Mendenhall Glacier beyond the trees. Here is the video from the Whale Watching trip. I was able to get more whale shots on film than still pictures.

We had a Mom and its baby. The baby was rolling.

So we got to the dock and this would be our boat for our excursion! We had 10 of us plus the Captain and Assistant Pulling away from the dock! All Smiles! The Alaska State Ferry Matanuska arriving into Juneau Another whale watching boat

So my weekend has been a bit crappy. I got home Thursday late and just crashed. Friday, Veterans Day, was a "day off" from work, but we are behind in ballot processing at work and our elections team went in for 6 hours. I got home and went to come work on this review and the computer crashed. I had to reset it, reinstall windows, and I have been working to reinstall programs that went away when it crashed. Finally, I feel like I can work on this again!

Susan joined me out on deck. Since we had an early tender to shore, we just got breakfast from the buffet. Carnival Spirit at the South Franklin Dock Here is our Juneau port picture. They had put a strange filter on it, but it looked weird due the hand rail. So the photo guys were nice enough to take off the filter and just have the town as the background. I think it turned out a lot better. Max's M needed proof he was in Juneau. This is the area that NCL is working with Huna Totem Corporation to try to build another cruise ship dock in Juneau. I haven't heard any updates lately on its status. In line to catch the tender ashore. So we were scheduled for a whale watching excursion with Harv & Marv. We were told to meet them by the Carnival Spirit. We walk down there and the bus has already left. They luckily got ahold of the driver who came back to pick us up.

Sunday, July 10th, 2022 - Cruise Day 5 - Juneau, Alaska Daily Like normal, I started my day from my spot on deck 12! Having sailed many times into Juneau, I could tell when we were getting close! It was a little wet today. Southern end of Douglas Island Unfortunately, no whale sightings as we sailed up the Gastineau Channel

After Dinner, we headed to the Social Comedy Club. We made sure to get there early so we could get good seats! Mudslides! Al was back for his adult show! It was a great show! We were tired and decided to call it a night, because we had a early day in Juneau tomorrow. --

Fried Rice! Yummy! Trace and Maria enjoying the rice! Susan likes it too! Chicken Yaki Udon for Susan Beef and Shrimp for me! dessert fruit

The baby chick from his hat! egg dragon! He was having too much fun! Fried Rice is coming together Awe! A heart!

I enjoy Teppanyaki more the show than the food. Veggies on the grill Add the ball of rice! Start making the fried rice! serving the veggies spinning the egg and spinning It cracked before he wanted it too

After lunch, we went and played at the casino. I made my deposit! We then had a hankering for some pretzel bites and chips with spinach artichoke dip. To The Local we went After our snack, we went back to the room and took a nap. We got ready for dinner and hit the photo backgrounds Prop Night! Dinner was at Teppanyaki with Trace and Maria. Hey I am number one again! We told Trace he needed to smile nicely! This is what we got! Then there is us! Here is the photo the photo guy took! A surprise! Nope, just Miso Soup Susan showing off the soup. Seaweed Salad - I found the cucumbers to be satisfactory, but I think seaweed should stay in the sea. A strawberry daquiri to wash down the seaweed taste. Wasabi Cocktail for Susan Let the show begin!

As we sailed away from Hubbard Glacier, we decided to head to lunch to get warm and fill our rumbling stomachs. Today's lunch menu was the same as embarkation day. The view from the window in Windows. Sweet Corn Hush Puppies Crustless Vegetable Quiche Chicken Noodle Soup Wedge Salad minus the Blue Cheese but adding in Cheddar Cheese and Ranch Dressing A dressed Wedge! Turkey Cottage Pie Philly Cheesesteak Basque Cake Orange Chocolate Mousse