College Fjords, Alaska

Limo Man has been tired of being in Sitka for so long. He said that he has been too cold for too long so I agreed to get him out. We're now on the last evening of our Alaskan adventure and the College Fjords is the last place we visited before docking in Whittier.
Once we pulled into the College Fjord this is the spectacular view we had. The ship actually pulled into the Fjord and very slowly turned around. We had reservations at the supper club on the 10th level of the ship so not only did we have a fabulous dinner but views to die for!
This is the glacier up close and personal.
Another view of the glacier. Alaska is so pristine!
The Carnival Zoo. Every night when we came back from dinner our bed was turned down and there was a new towel animal for us. We saved them so that we could have a picture of all of them. Since there are only 4 of them and the cruise was 7 nights you may be able to tell that we spent a lot of time in our suite. Therfore we got no towel animal on nights that we didn't want to be disturbed (if you know what I mean...)
We had to stop and have a drink with our favorite bartender, Zoran, before we went to the supper club. What a great evening!
This shot was taken from the supper club.
And as the ship slowly rotated here is another shot up close of the glacier.
This is Limo Man's favorite shot of the glacier, and yes, he took it!
1:00am. Can you believe how light it still is? We are now leaving the College Fjord and the sun is slowly starting to set.

Sitka, Alaska

When we landed in Sitka it was COLD and foggy. It stayed that way the entire day. Limo Man and I ventured out from the rest of the crusiers and took a walkabout around the town. We probably walked 4-5 miles around the town and ended up where all the tourist traps were.
More floatplanes!
On our walkabout we discovered the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Social Services Department. I'm certain not too many people on our ship got a picture of this!
Okay, this is a really horrible picture of the top of this totem but I couldn't leave out the very top of it.
I'm not sure if Limo Man was putting his hat on or trying to hide his face when I took this one. It just shows how high this totem was.
Look at this will ya? What a happy guy!
Sitka is entrenched with Russian history. Here is a Russian Orthodox church that was pretty impressive.
There were lots of small islands around the town of Sitka that had single residences on them. Oh to own your own little island away from it all!
We're cold and getting ready to get back on the launch to take us back to the ship. Bye Bye Sitka!
We're waiting to get on the launch and this is a shot of the ship from the pier. The launches were bigger than they looked! They each held about 75-100 people.

Skagway, Alaska

This old steam engine was on the dock right across from the ship when we woke up in port.Skagway reminded us of an old mining town. It only had a few blocks in town and we had to walk a ways from the pier to get there.
This is one of the main streets in Skagway. They had all the usual jewelry shops as in the other ports but they also had some local shopping that was fun.
Hey they even had a brothel! Limo Man is pointing up to some of the "ladies". No Limo Man you can't go upstairs.....
Skagway's idea of a limousine.
Wow look at the totems! Oh wait, is that Limo Man in there?
A shot of the ship on the way into town.
We took a bus ride about 30 miles out of town to a mushing camp. It was really warm that day and the poor dogs had their tongues a waggin'. We took a ride on one of these sleds. It was pretty fun.
The next iditarod champion!
Limo Man and Homer, new BFF's.
These dogs were so bored that they were just hanging out. Some on top of their huts and some not. It was so funny to see.
This is the meadow below the mushing camp. It was beautiful and there were streams running through it. The wildflowers were really beautiful and Limo Man even brought home some Alaskan rocks.
This skull was pretty eerie. The names on the rocks were all cruise line captains and the dates of their retirements. Okay, there were some other names tagged that weren't captains too. It's amazing how someone could get up there!
The steam engine coming in to port and the tagged rocks. This shot was taken from our balcony.

Juneau, Alaska

One of these days I'll be able to blog like a pro but until then here's a little hint to getting the picture of what our day was like in Juneau. Scroll down to the bottom of this post and then read up. Hopefully it will make more sense to you.
We walked down to a local hangout called the Hanger and had a few drinks and a late lunch. It was starting to get overcast so we got a shot of the 3 ships in port and made our way back to the ship. It was a grand day in Juneau!
SPREAD 'EM MISTER!!!!! That Limo Man loves to kid around.....
This is one of the trams and a shot of the ship (The Carnival Spirit).
There was a nature center at the top of Mount Roberts and Limo Man wanted to get a picture with the Alaskan flag.
Going back down the trail Limo Man found a little hidey hole. Isn't he the cutest?
Going up the hiking trail there came a point where I didn't want to go any further or any higher. I just decided that I'd had enough so I gave the camera to Limo Man.
Lady Baltimore is a bald eagle that was shot in the eye (you're looking at her good eye. Her other one is gone) and she is being cared for by a bald eagle rescue center. She was having a little salmon for lunch when we got this shot.
Here's another shot from the top of Mount Roberts to show just how beautiful Alaska is.
Up at the top of Mount Roberts was a really cool hiking trail. You could actually hike up or hike all the way down to town. We didn't opt for the hike down and decided to go up a little further. This is a carving that we found along the trail. I'm not sure if it was indians that carved it or eskimos.
After our helicopter adventure we decided to take the tram up to Mount Roberts. Limo Man took this shot of the ship from the tram. I couldn't get up from my seat in the tram to look down for some reason.
Check out the lovely moon boots that we had to wear over our hiking boots. These damn things had absolutely no traction whatsoever to them. That's one of the reasons why Limo Man took a spill (other than the fact that the ice was really slick).
This is what I have to look forward to as we get older. Limo Man took a spill on the glacier and cut up his face, hands and shins. He slid down towards one of the crevices in the glacier and I swear I thought he was headed for disaster. Thank God that he finally stopped!
Whoever said that Limo Man doesn't walk on water lied! Here's proof that he does!
Just another shot to show the beautiful blues that can be found in the glaciers.
Here's a glacier that has experienced "calving" which is when huge chunks of the glacier falls away into the water. The color blue is so vivid and beautiful in these glaciers.
This is a shot of one of the glaciers. If you think it looks a little dirty you're right! When the ice moves it takes a whole lot of dirt with it (and pretty much anything that is in it's way).
I was lucky enough to get to sit in one of the front seats on the trip out to the glaciers. It was pretty scary but neat at the same time. There were 3 helicopters that took off one after the other and here's a shot of the other two in front of us.
Today was the day that we got to take the helicopter ride to 4 different glaciers. We took a bus ride out to ERA Helicopter Tours and had to "gear up".
Yep, Limo Man was up at the break of dawn again as we pulled into port in Juneau. That's a Princess Cruise Lines ship in port ahead of us.