this is mendenhall glacier in juneau. i cannot seem to get other pictures up right now. i will try again later.

points of interest from our alaskan cruise:

• it is cold in alaska, even in the summer
• you could survive in the ocean up there for 17 minutes in the summer and 7 minutes in the winter
• indonesians and philipinos are much warmer and friendlier people than easterns europeans
• i didn't fall into a crevass
• i didn't get attacked by a bear, although we did see one...up close and personal
• i rains ALL the time in juneau, sitka, and ketchikan
• juneau is landlocked meaning you can only get there by boat or plane. we went by boat.
• i can live without pepsi or coke for a day
• it is so nice to have your own personal greyline coach to take you to the town grocery store to pick up some pepsi and then take you back to the ship
• tendering is when you take small boats ashore from the ship when you cannot dock (we did it in ketchikan)
• there are a lot of old folks on a holland america cruise (and that's fine with me)
• a lot of people have preconcieved notions about you when you tell them you are from slc
• i really like lobster tails
• shawn really likes baked alaska and salmon
• glaciers are mostly blue not white
• a cruise ship can hold a lot of people (1800 passengers and 800 crew members)
• the best bed i have ever slept in is still on the ms oosterdam
• wierdos live in canada (darth vader playing the violin...i almost thought i was in nyc)
• i missed my kids more than i thought i would
• i am glad to be home