Glacier Bay Part 1

I just finished going through all of my photos of Glacier Bay and there are 140 of them! Guess that means I don't have to worry about not having anything to post for a while. As you've likely noticed, I'm not good at culling photos. I like them all! In this case, I don't feel like trying to pick 10 photos out of 140.

So here are some photos from the morning cruising up into Glacier Bay . It was cold and grey, but still really pretty. Periodically along this stretch we would see whales (humpbacks), porpoises and otters but I didn't catch any of them on film.

Leaving Seattle

Here's a parting shot of Seattle as we cruise away.


Here's a picture of Dad out on his balcony. My parents got a cabin with a big curving balcony so that we could all sit out there and watch the scenery. It was great, especially in Glacier Bay. We didn't have to fight with all the people out on the other decks, we had our own chairs and there was a table out there too.

Boarding the Ship

Here is us getting on the ship for our cruise to Alaska.

Georgetown

On Memorial Weekend I did a walking tour of Georgetown. The kind where you have the map and the list of interesting places and you go at your own pace, not the kind where you have a tour guide. On the whole, it was much less interesting than I thought it would be. Plus it was hot as Hades and twice as humid. So here are the highlights of my couple of hours in Georgetown.

This is a famous/historic church. Like most famous/historic churches, 10 minutes after I left I could no longer tell you why it is famous. I believe it was the first African American church in Georgetown (or maybe DC), but don't quote me on that.



There was definitely interesting architecture in Georgetown. I took pictures of a couple of interesting buildings, but a lot of them just couldn't be photographed well.

I loved the real gas lamps that were on some of the houses.

Cool church. No idea if it is historically significant.

This is the waterfront area in Georgetown. It was really nice and after the walking tour I stopped there to eat my lunch. It was by far the most enjoyable part of the afternoon.

Brian and Jen visit

Easter weekend my cousin Brian, his fiance Jen and their son Connor came down to DC. They live in New Jersey, which is just a few hours away. I hadn't seen Brian since I was in Middle School and he was in High School. That was the last time I lived on the east coast and the last time he lived in New Jersey. Both of us have lived in several other places in the mean time.

They came down on Saturday afternoon and checked into the hotel (yes- a Marriott). I took the metro down to where they were staying and met up with them and then we all headed downtown to the waterfront for a seafood dinner. After dinner we walked down the waterfront to the Washington Memorial then down the mall to the Capitol.

Easter Sunday I met up with them at the hotel for brunch then we headed down the street to the Zoo. It was pretty busy, but it was a really nice day. Here's some pictures of us at the zoo. I thought I had a picture of all three of them, but it turns out I was always using their camera, so I have to get Jen to send me one from her camera.

As you can see, we managed to catch the Pandas eating. If you have been to zoo's with Panda's before you are probably aware that it is not easy to capture a panda doing anything except sleeping and sometimes they aren't even sleeping in a place that you can see very well. Thus, you will have to forgive me for posting multiple Panda pictures. I restrained myself and did not post all 12.

And this guy looked so harmless and cute...

These two anteaters were by far the cutest animals I saw all day. The baby was just a couple of weeks old and he was just riding around on Mama's back.

And here's one of me, Connor and Brian.