Back in the USA

Seattle

We stayed one more night in Seattle. We were able to do all the tourist things.
Pikes Place Market
The first Starbucks
The Space needle

& then we were able to do the things we miss from home!

Target
Red Lobster
A grocery store
Watch T.V in English!!

To end our perfect vacation Preston rented a hotel right downtown which was absolutely amazing. The pictures don't do justice. But if you ever want to splurge while you are in Seattle. Stay in the "W" downtown. It is worth it!

The view from our room!

Mount Rainier

The end of an amazing vacation!

Preston, thank you for the amazing vacation! I had a blast with you and I fell more in love with you. It was fun to see new things together.
Thanks Mom and Dad for going with us. We had a blast with you guys! We hope to do it again in 4 years!!
Cindy and Leon, thanks! you guys are the best and we thank you for all your help and advise in planning this trip. It was perfect.

Formal Time!!

We had a formal on the ship one night. It was so fun to get all dressed up. We had a wonderful dinner and then went to a show after.

Mi Amor y Vida! (My love and life)

My parents look stunning!

Great times!!

Sorry if you are sick of our vacation!

We just went to so many different place and saw so much that we have a million pictures.
This is our last port though

Victoria, Canada

This city was absolutely beautiful. They have no harsh weather here so it was the greenest city I have ever seen and there were flowers every where. You could smell flowers in the air every where you were.

In Victoria we went on a city tour. Here we are at a lookout point.

Just in time for sunset!

Then we went on a tour of an old castle. It was cool. They had it filled with old artifacts from that era. We don't have a good picture of the outside of the castle because it was already dark.

This was the view from the tower of the castle

Here we are downtown. I am in front of the Empress Hotel

Preston just chillin'

That's Victoria in a nutshell (truth be told you could spend a whole vacation in this city!)

And More...

Ketchikan, Alaska
Right when you enter the city there is an eagle mooning you!!
Throughout our whole trip we saw many real bald eagles.
This city is built on a pier by the water. Pretty cool looking!

We arrived early in the morning to Ketchikan so we decided to take a tour. The tour was about totem poles. It was very interesting and we learned a lot. There are many stories behind each pole you are going to see but I am not going to tell them! You have to go on the tour for that!!

(plus I don't want to lose all our readers!)

This was a traditional indigenous house. All the tribe lived in one big open room!

This is me coming out the front door of the house








This was again another beautiful city. It was very lush and green.
*Side note*
When we were on the boat again we saw a seal in the water!

More from our vacation....

Tracy Arm Fjord & Sawyer Glacier

We went down this narrow passage called the Tracy Arm Fjord. We were moving so slow and we were very close to land. This way we were able to soak in all the beautiful untouched scenery. It was absolutely breathtaking.


We encountered waterfalls
and ice bergs
I don't know if you can see how blue the ice burgs are. It was amazing!



We also saw 2 mountain goats. One was being chased by a bear! Only my Dad saw the bear.


Preston was just eating this up!! I don't think he left the deck for anything that entire morning and afternoon!

This is our sister ship coming towards us. It is the Star Princess. Look how small the ship looks next to these mountains! Even though we know how huge the ship really is!!
We had to break through an ice field to get closer to the glacier! It was extremely exciting!!




Sorry these pictures are so blurry. It is because it was cloudy and foggy around the glacier. But this is the glacier.



Here we are enjoying very cold weather!!