One of Colton’s “can’t miss” events is the annual Volunteer Firefighter Auction and Breakfast. We spent the last few weeks picking up donations and sorting garage sale items in preparation for the big event. We had a good turn out as temperatures soared into the 90’s and raised just over $5,000.
In preperation for the Annual Colton Fire Department Auction, we were at the station late Friday night. Upon returning home, we found that Tigger discovered a new toy…the toilet paper roll!
We made it home from Seattle to find that Dee Dee had a surprise for us….a little bull calf! Chucky (aka Chuck Roast) was born on Wednesday and we had a blast watching him wobble and run through the grass fields!
Today we woke up to find the ship already docked in Katchikan, famous for their totum poles. We walked through town and had fun watching the Lumberjack Competition.
We were up and on deck early this morning (5:30 am!) in order to get a good spot for glacier viewing…we entered Glacier National Park at 6:00 am and passed lots of sea life…sea otters, sea lions, dolphins, and even whales! None were close enough for good pictures, but still fun to see. Here are some of the great glacier pictures we captured…
We woke up this morning in Skagway, our second stop on the inland passage. Today we both took the same excursion; a trip to a dog sled camp. One of the other popular trips was a train ride up through the white pass and it was cool to see that the train picked up right outside the gangway.
Our cruise ship in Skagway and the White Pass train.
After a full day at sea (Day 2), we docked in Juneau on Tuesday at 2:00pm. We split up to participate in different excursions while on shore…Brad on a photo tour and Jodi on a tree canopy zip line tour. Here are some of the great pictures we took:
Juneau from the cruise ship…Although cold, it was clear and mostly sunny. Since you can only get to the capital city by boat or by plane, float planes were everywhere!
Brad’s photo tour to Mendenhall Glacier and other local sites…
Jodi’s Zip Line excursion….and on the way, we passed our first eagle!
We boarded the Norwegan Pearl Saturday around 1:30pm. Once on board we made our way to our stateroom where we found a wonderful Birthday surprise from Cindi & Jean (thanks, Moms!!!!)
We then watched the staff load our luggage and took a tour of the rest of the ship before our mandatory safety drill
We started our vacation a day early by driving into Seattle and taking in some of the sights. We took the Duck Tour and saw our ship
We then watched the ferry load and stopped by the fire station to check out our peeps
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