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On board the Princess Cruise Lines - Island Princess |
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The Island Princess in Ketchican Harbor. 1800 Passengers and 800 Crew. |
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Rainforest tour. We saw 3 bears eating salmon during salmon run. In the wild, not staged. |
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Salmon run upstream to lay eggs |
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Marorie Glacier National Park in Juneau |
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Renee with Libby Riddles, first woman to win the Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska in the 1980's |
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Bus tour to Yukon territory. Crossing mountain pass |
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The inland lakes of the Yukon Territory |
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Ron & Renee at the Yukon Territory border. Gold Rush territory |
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Mountain with gold mines from 1878 |
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Renee with dogsled puppy in Yukon Territory |
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Boarding the Train to go back to Skagway from Yukon Territory. Will travel through the White Pass made famous by gold rush travelers in late 1800's |
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Views from train on way through White Pass back to Skagway |
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Various views from train while traveling through the pass |
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Skagway Harbor with cruise ship at end of pier |
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Get the fell of how big the cruise ship really is |
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Cruising the next day in Glacier Bay. These glaciers are the size of 30 story buildings. Chunks fall off the size of houses with a loud crash |
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The fog and weather prevented us from seeing the beautiful mountains and whales |
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The elevators in the grand lobby of our ship. The ship was 15 stories high. Our stateroom was on the 5th floor. |
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Flying from Anchorage to Fairbanks we flew by Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in the Northern hemisphere at 20,230 feet high. It was awsome. |
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Riverboat cruise tour in Fairbanks, sled dog kennels of Iditarod champion Susan Butcher |
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Gold mine tour. We were learning how to pan for gold |
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Train from Fairbanks to Denali Princess Lodge in the Denali National Park |
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Denali Princess Lodge, National Park Gateway |
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Natural History tour inside national park at tree line |
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Moose Sighting by the road |
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Boarding train to McKinley Princess Lodge closer to Mt. McKinley |
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Notice the beautiful Fall colors!! |
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Renee ready for our day-long trek into McKinley State Park, up the mountains |
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Warning, Bear Clawed Tree!! We were warned to look out for bears. The wild berries were everywhere |
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Mt. McKinley coming out of the clouds as seen from the Lodge deck. See pictures to follow for clear view |
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Mt. McKinley in the clear. Very rare to see it this way. You cannot appreciate how awsome this view is and how very large the mountain is. |
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We are probably about 50 miles from the mountain. |
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