"Adults-Only" Trip to Alaska - Summer 2002 

Jim and I took a trip to Alaska to celebrate our 10th Anniversary (in the 11th year of our marriage - better late than never!).  We flew in and out of Anchorage where we visited a friend of ours (Jennifer Caldwell) who used to live in Flagstaff.  Besides taking an awesome cruise in the Prince William Sound, we did some halibut fishing, camping, salmon fishing, and sightseeing at Denali.  Although the fishing wasn't that great (I did not catch a single fish!), it was an experience of a lifetime.  The cruise was phenomenal!  We took a 4 day small ship cruise aboard one of Cruise West's fleet. The ship only held about 70 people and we had a fabulous time seeing some of the Prince William Sound.  The first day was spent exploring College Fiord where we saw many beautiful glaciers.  We cruised from there to Cordova, Valdez and then back to Whittier where the trip began.  We were blessed to see some orcas and a few humpback whales.  It was certainly a trip of a lifetime - the small ship cruise experience is an awesome way to see Alaska.  We both would love to take the Inner Passage cruise for our 15 or 20th Anniversary!!!  We'd also like to take a more relaxed trip with the boys in a few years.  We've talked about renting a motorhome and touring different parts of Alaska.  Something to save our pennies for.....

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Leslie & Jennifer Caldwell (our friend who lives in Anchorage) on our way out to halibut fish.

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Jim's halibut

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The happy couple in front of one of those beautiful & cold glaciers

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Harvard Glacier
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The view from our room on the ship (we had the nicest room on the ship)

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Jim and Leslie in front of Eyak Lake in Cordova

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Cordova (our first port call)

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...in Valdez (second port of call) - the terminus of the pipeline is to the left of the happy couple
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Pretty iceberg near Columbia glacier

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All icebergs - some look like rocks, some are blue as can be!

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Just one of the beautiful waterfalls seen along our cruise

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The river (Susitna, I think) we fished for king salmon
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Jim's king salmon (Notice that Leslie does not have a fish pictured)

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Just one of the beautiful wildflowers in Alaska - called Fireweed

  

 

 

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