<p><strong><span style="font-size:18px;">6 Cool Alaska Photos</span></strong><br></p><p><br></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">I recently returned from a Southeast Alaska cruise on Holland America’s Westerdam. The voyage took us to Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan and Victoria, British Columbia. Here are some of my favorite Alaska photos from the journey.</span></span></span></div><div id="attachment_21374" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 490px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><div><span dir="ltr"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3892.jpg" href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3892.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="wp-image-21374" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3892.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3892.jpg" alt="IMG_3892" width="480" height="640" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: -0.4rem;"></span></a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Landing on Mendenhall Glacier via helicopter.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Our first stop was the state capital of Juneau, here we got to hike Mendenhall Glacier via a helicopter and it offered some of the most picturesque views I’ve ever seen. Standing on the glacier was nothing like I’ve ever stood on, in fact, it was very man-on-the-moon like, whatever that feels like.</span></span></span></div><div id="attachment_21375" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 610px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><div><span dir="ltr"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2765.jpg" href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2765.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="size-full wp-image-21375" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2765.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_2765.jpg" alt="Sailing through Glacier Bay. " width="600" height="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: -0.4rem;"></span></a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Sailing through Glacier Bay.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Next we sailed through Glacier Bay. We had some very foggy weather in Glacier Bay in the early morning so the captain called an audible and used plan B, reversed the route and circled the bay. From our stateroom we got to watch Margerie Glacier calve and it was breathtaking.</span></span></span></div><div id="attachment_21383" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 610px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><div><span dir="ltr"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3977.jpg" href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3977.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="size-full wp-image-21383" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3977.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3977.jpg" alt="Inside Glacier Bay. " width="600" height="450" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: -0.4rem;"></span></a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Inside Glacier Bay.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Standing between the glaciers and mountains was very spiritual. It had a sense of humbleness and reality – it made me realize that we are so small in the grand scheme of nature.</span></span></span></div><div id="attachment_21378" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 610px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><div><span dir="ltr"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_4026.jpg" href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_4026.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="size-full wp-image-21378" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_4026.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_4026.jpg" alt="A foggy start to a day in Sitka, Alaska. " width="600" height="450" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: -0.4rem;"></span></a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">A foggy start to a day in Sitka, Alaska.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Sitka was a very sleepy town with low visibility and rain. The Sandra Bullock movie&nbsp;</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">The Proposal</span></em><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">&nbsp;was set in Sitka, but was actually filmed on the east coast. Sitka is a tender port where the cruise ship anchors in the bay and tenders the cruise passengers over to the pier.</span></span></span></div><div id="attachment_21377" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 610px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><div><span dir="ltr"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3524.jpg" href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3524.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="size-full wp-image-21377" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3524.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3524.jpg" alt="Downtown Ketchikan, Alaska." width="600" height="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: -0.4rem;"></span></a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Downtown Ketchikan, Alaska.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; background-color: white;">&nbsp;</span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Ketckikan was all about food for this guy. We boarded a float plane and went to the George Inlet Lodge where we feasted on all you can eat Dungeness crab legs and beer from the Alaska Brewing Company. Amazing!</span></span></span></div><div id="attachment_21381" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto 2rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; width: 610px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><div><span dir="ltr"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3497.jpg" href="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3497.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="size-full wp-image-21381" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3497.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_3497.jpg" alt="All you can eat Dungeness crab legs in Ketchikan, Alaska. " width="600" height="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: -0.4rem;"></span></a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">All you can eat Dungeness crab legs in Ketchikan, Alaska.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(246, 245, 242);"><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">I left out Victoria, BC because we had dinner there and watched a sunset. If you want to see some cool shots, check out&nbsp;</span></span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.stayadventurous.com/2014/08/sunset-victoria-bc/" href="http://www.stayadventurous.com/2014/08/sunset-victoria-bc/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; color: rgb(44, 127, 159); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">StayAdventurous.com</span></span></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">, my buddy Craig took some great shots for #SunsetSunday this week.</span></span></span></div>