Our 2009 cruise into Alaska started from Vancouver BC. We were on the Island Princess owned by Princess cruise lines. We had a balcony room which was very large. Our ship sailed from Vancouver to Whittier Alaska with stops at Ketchikan, Skagway, and Juneau. We went to Glacier Bay National Park to view the glacier. The ice wasn't falling from the glacier like it was 15 years ago when we were last there. I guess its due to climate change. The ship took us to College Fjord to view many glaciers, and into Prince William sound which was very pretty.

When we docked in Whittier, we took a bus transfer to Anchorage. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express for a couple of days. The next day we flew by commercial airlines (Penn Air) to King Salmon where we were picked up by Katmai air. Katmai air took us to their float plane docks where we boarded a floatplane for a flight to Katmai National park. Katmai is bear country. This is a famous place where each year during the Salmon run the grizzly bear come to feed. You actually are out with the bear so one needs to be careful. They don't really look at humans as a food source as long as the Salmon are running. We did maintain our distance. Joanna loved the trip there. The next day back in Anchorage, we rented a car and headed up to Talkeetna for a day. It is north of Anchorage. A small tourist type town with small shops. We drove and saw the sites. we also stopped in Wasitla to see Sara, but she wasn't home.

We had a great time. I left out a lot of what we did, but feel free to view the pictures which will show you a lot. I will try and add captions when needed so you get an idea of where we are.

Thanks for viewing.