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.