Cruising South from Seward Alaska to Vancouver B.C.

This is Part 3 of a three-part photoessay highlighting the people pics of our June 2014 Alaskan adventure by cruise ship and rental van. After our nine-day rental van tour of south-central Alaska (Part 2) we boarded Holland-Amerca's Statendam in Seward for a seven-day south-bound cruise to Vancouver. Our itinerary included Glacier Bay, Haines, Juneau, and Ketchikan. Enjoy the photos of this beautiful cruise.

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Haines' Historic Fort Seward

At Sea on the Statendam

Thanking our chefs and servers

Our new friend Cyndee Dancing with the Stars with the Tennessee Waltz

Indy the Magic Dog and one of her biggest fans

On the Whale Watching Boat Tour from Auke Bay near Juneau

Juneau's drive-to Mendenhall Glacier

Flightseeing the Taku and Mendenhall Glaciers and their source in the 

Juneau Ice Field in a classic DeHavilland Otter

Visiting my brother and our cousin and his family in Poulsbo, Washington

Driving Alaska's Parks, Denali, Glenn and Seward Highways

This is Part 2 of a three-part photoblog highlighting the people pics of our June 2014 Alaskan adventure by cruise ship and rental car. Part 1: "North to Alaska" covered the Crown Princess cruise from Vancouver, B.C. to Whittier, Alaska. This blog covers our rental car tour of south central Alaska up the Parks Highway from Anchorage to Denali National Park, our snowy drive across the long unpaved Denali Highway, our return to Anchorage via the Glenn Highway and our drive down the Seward Highway. Our adventures included two full days riding Denali National Park's wildlife bus tours deep into the park, climbing the Matanuska Glacier with Nova River Runners in Chickaloon, AK, and a fine glacier and wildlife boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park out of Seward. Enjoy these images of this enchanting land.

To see my best nature and wildlife photos from this trip see my "Wilderness Adventures with Bob Hare" in the links to the right.

Taking the Wilderness Bus Tour at Denali National Park

   

Visiting the Sled Dogs at Denali 

National Park

Riding the Big Bear at the Denali 

Visitor Center

Climbing the Matanuska Glacier

Climbing up to the Harding Ice Field at Kenai Fjords National Park

Touring Kenai Fjords National Park 

by Tour Boat

 Climbing the Savage River and Eielson Alpine Trails in Denali National Park

Driving the Denali Highway into a 

June Snowfall

Enjoying fine food and music at Grizzly Pizza in Copper Center

Our Willow Lake B&B in Copper Center