Matthew and I were very blessed to be able to go on a week long cruise to Alaska. This was to celebrate our five year anniversary and enjoy the "last" summer Matthew has before he joins the working world. We went on a seven day cruise through the Inside Passage and enjoyed every minute of it. It was amazing to be able to relax (child free, although we love Cayden), do whatever we wanted on our own schedule, spend quality time together with no other distractions, and see part of God's beautiful creation and I mean beautiful!! Here is some pictures of our first couple of days!
Here we are still in Seattle leaving the port (August 7) and on our way to the open waters!
Ready to go to Alaska . . . ALONE!!
The first full day we were at sea and were able to explore the ship and just relax! The second night we went and played some penny slots (just for fun) and I won 350 pennies and was pretty excited about that!
On Sunday the 9th, we arrived at our first port: Kechikan, Alaska. Unfortunately when we arrived it was raining pretty hard and it did not let up all day. Apparently this is one of the rainiest parts of the United States and after a dry spell of about a month, we just happened to be there the first day it rained again! But the rain did not stop us from seeing Ketchikan. We got off the boat in the morning and did some shopping before heading off to the Tongass Rainforest (the second largest rainforest in the world) to do some zip lining! Although it was raining, we still had a blast zip lining from tree to tree, we will definitely be doing that again!Our tickets to the Bear Creek Zipline and Challenge Course.
All ready to go! And I was unable to bring my camera due to the rain (bummer!) so we couldn't get to many pictures.
After we survived the zip lines. We even received medals for it :)! Behind us is the Tongass National Rainforest (and the pouring rain). Needless to say we were soaked from head to toe, literally. Oh and here is a side note: since we weren't prepared fully for the rain we purchased new jackets that just happened to be matching, we did not approve that they matched but we both wanted Charcoal. Oh well!
Us soaking wet in Ketchikan, Alaska. Such a cute town though!
From our balcony (Veranda as they call it) we could see the salmon jumping like crazy in the water. It was pretty cool!
Ketchikan, Alaska
Another Celebrity Cruise ship, this is exactly what our ship looked like, so I took a picture!
It was so raining and foggy there but it was still very beautiful! We definitely got a break from the heat! 100 degrees to about 55 degrees!
After we showered we went to dinner and we were exhausted after a long day!
More to come . . .
All ready to go! And I was unable to bring my camera due to the rain (bummer!) so we couldn't get to many pictures.
After we survived the zip lines. We even received medals for it :)! Behind us is the Tongass National Rainforest (and the pouring rain). Needless to say we were soaked from head to toe, literally. Oh and here is a side note: since we weren't prepared fully for the rain we purchased new jackets that just happened to be matching, we did not approve that they matched but we both wanted Charcoal. Oh well!
Us soaking wet in Ketchikan, Alaska. Such a cute town though!
From our balcony (Veranda as they call it) we could see the salmon jumping like crazy in the water. It was pretty cool!
Ketchikan, Alaska
It was so raining and foggy there but it was still very beautiful! We definitely got a break from the heat! 100 degrees to about 55 degrees!
After we showered we went to dinner and we were exhausted after a long day!
More to come . . . 
1 comment:
So glad you are home safe & your pictures make me want to go on an Alaskan cruise! Glad it was good times!!
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