A Friday Afternoon

Since we had the day off last Friday due to the Holiday Weekend, Ellin and I went to visit a park near her house that turned out to have beautiful gardens. I only snapped a few photos because there were just too many pretty flowers to take pictures of them all.

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.