Independence Day

For the Fourth of July I went downtown with Ellin (she works downtown and has a parking pass) to see the fireworks by the Washington Monument. I was warned not to take the Metro, and thank goodness I went with Ellin and stayed away from the Metro. As soon as the fireworks ended, the zillion people who were swarming downtown to watch the fireworks all made a beeline for the subway. It took us a while to get out of downtown, but it was way better than being underground with all those people.

Here are a few shots I took.

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.