North to Alaska

It's Sunday July 27 11;00 Am and I'm getting on the Star Princess Its a beautiful day here in Seattle and I'm looking the boat over. So far Mary and Martha have not arrived. So I like to look over the ship and see where everything is. It's exciting to see how it's layed out. The girls arrived around three and at 4;00 we had the lifeboat drill. Then 150 LDS saints meet with John Bytheway for Church service. We had a wonderful Sacrament meeting we also were able to visit with John and Joan and Joan's brother Chuck and his wife Judy. Then we meet for Group Dinning at 5;30. On Monday meeting with John Bytheway at 10.00 Am and also at 4:pm These meeting were held while we were sailing to Ketchikan. On Tuesday we tour the Totem Heritage Center which is a collection of ancient totem poles. Some of the these totem poles are 42 feet tall they each tell a story of ravens, eagles, whales, and the legends of the land and its people. We were able to go into the clan house where we could view how the natives actually lived in the 1800s. We went through the rain forest where the roots of the trees were standing on top of the ground. It was something to behold. Wed. 30 of July Now we are in Juneau and this is where we went on a 4 hour excurson whale watching small boat to watch where the wales were feeding. We were able to see about 10 different whales but found it very hard to get a picture as they played in the water. Thursday 31 We went to Skagway and went on the White Pass and Yukon narrow gage railway and it travels up to the White Pass Summit the international boundary between Canada & the US. It was beautiful and we were able to see a 3000' waterfall It was a foggy day and everything looked fresh and beautiful. Friday was another day on the water, 2 meeting with John, shuffleboard the hot tub. and of coarse every night was the show time performances and they were great we usually went to two shows a night. I loved it. On Saturday night we arrived a shore about 4 and then traveled by bus to the Butchart Gardens and they were the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen and there is know wasy to tell you how beautiful they are. Also they had the most beautiful fireworks you have ever seen. I hope you enjoy my trip. We then had to be back on ship by 11;30P.M. and up and off the ship by 8AM on Sunday Morning.

Tuesday19 Trip to Oregeon

On Tuesday the 19 Pam, David and I flu to Portland and meet up with Brandon and had breakfast. Then he went back to bed has he works nights. We stared looking for water falls,covered bridges and light houses. The first Covered bridge was the Hannah bridge and is still in use today it was built in 1912 and in the summer months the bridge is a popular spot for swimmers who jump from the bridge into the deep pool beneath. We visited about 12 covered bridges. Next was Salmon falls which is a large fall that had people 18 people jumping from the cliff. The weather is beautiful and the temperature is about 70. The falls looks like it falls for about 300 feet. The water at the bottom is so clear & clean. We went to about 10 water fallls they are so big and prowerfull. On Tuesday night July 22 We stayed at this beautiful Inn over looking the ocean. It was nice and cool as we sleep with the door to the patio open we could hear the waves crashing against the shore. It was so nice and relaxing. We saw lots of beautiful country and then spent Sat. in Seattle and visited Pike Place Market, there were so many people there that you could hardly move. We then went up in the space needle. looked at the large city from every side and relly enjoyed it. Stayed for a big parade in down town Seattle. The next day Pam and David droped me at the ship and is was on my way to Alasha.

Trip to San Francisco July 8

Pam and I flu to San Francisco for the day. It was a beautiful day about 65 and just perfect for a day of sight seeing. China town was really busy with the smell of fish every where . I don't like fish so we did not stay very long. But there was a lot of little people there. We went to Pier 49 and we could easily see Beacon Hill the picture is of me standing on the pier with beacon hill in the back ground. . Also the picture of me setting on the pier where we had wonderful clam chowder in bread bowls and Alcatraz ifs in the back ground and I was afraid to go take a look for myself I thought they might keep me. Just didn't want to take the Chance. It was a fun day. It was fun going with Pam.