alaskan cruise 5/3/11-5/10/11

[gary]

correction, it's tracy arm we are sailing into, taylor arm is tommorrow with skagway at the end


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[gary]

lassie, has timmie been modding the forums again? i keep coming up against a timed out error message, and after i hit post 2-3 times it does it, the time frame to timeout is too short for it to be this connection
well i'll keep at it until i run out of minutes


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[Scottwdw]

Having trouble keeping your arms straight, Gary? ; ;D ; Stunning views you are enjoying and thank you for sharing them.

 

[gary]

wales, why yes i have wales, although i did not get the breach that karen saw, you have to just be lucky and looking at the right place at the right time for that, i did get some body/tail/blowing shots


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[jbwolffiv]

Awesome!!! ; Thanks for sharing!

 

[ddindy]

and masao waving at you dennis, at my request

Love it, tell her I said Hi.

 

[gary]

so we are up into tracy arm, i got goats, glaciers and scenery, oh and i got the helicopter hired to film us


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native tribal fishing boat, only permits allowed in the national forest here, correction, after viewed on the much larger monitor i realized it was probably hired for sea level photos, the guy on the stern has a tripod mounted big lens


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mountain goats, shot racked out to 300 and cropped to get this, so they were pretty far up the mountains


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and sawyer glacier coming into view


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[gary]

masayo saying hi to dennis again

 

[gary]

bergy bits, broken off glacial chunks


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and waterfalls


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and slushy snow slides


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[gary]

and a waterfall with a fan base


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[gary]

glacier left




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glacier right


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mountain goat at rest


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seal at rest on an ice floe


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[jbwolffiv]

Amazing shots Gary! ; Now I am really getting jealous. ; That said, I check back every hour to see what Gary has seen at sea today! ; Lovin it!

 

[gary]

late in the afternoon, tracy arm, i'm posting these so late because we had a palo's dinner tonight


waterfall with alluvial fan



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floating berg bits


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most of a berg is below waterline


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need some more ice for that drink sir?


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sawyer glacier from leaving


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[PolynesianMedic]

Gary, I am as captivated with this thread, or maybe moreso than your previous big trips. ; Thanks for sharing such beautiful photos and scenery.

 

[jbwolffiv]

Yep, great shots again Gary, I am still checking back often. ; Thanks for taking the time!

 

[gary]

glad to be bringing tmip along on this trip, i just wish the connection was faster and i could upload more, check my website after 5/11/11 as i will be back home and really filling out the galleries, we just docked in skagway, i will be having breakfast, then 0755 in the theater for the white pass & yukon railway ride, hope to post some this afternoon

 

[gary]

riding the white pass & yukon, up to white pass summit, looking down into the canyon below


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the GE shovel nose diesels pulling uphill, around a curve, over the bridge


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into the tunnel


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looking down between the cars from the end platform, while crossing over the high gorge bridge


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and into the long tunnel


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and a lone eagle, was in a tree but flew off at the trains approach


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[jbwolffiv]

Absolutely love that set Gary! ; Awesome!!!

 

[gary]

after a short lunch break back on the ship, we spent the afternoon walking around skagway, the cruise docks are literally at the foot of the main street


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ladies trying to entice tourists into a show


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stopped to see the brothers at the skagway volunteer fire dept, and bought a t shirt


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caboose from the railroad


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mural on the side of a building


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where karen took her bike ride excursion


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plenty of places to stay


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a little closer to the ship


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the snow plow behind me


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[jbwolffiv]

That's a pretty cool shot, the first one. ; Not what you expect to see.