Speaking of love...Looking back to Alaska.

This last August Shaun and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary by going on an Alaskan Cruise.  We went with our buddies (Shaun's sister and her husband) Marilee and Mike Tueller.  It was their 20th wedding anniversary. It was WONDERFUL!!  We LOVED it!  I thought I would share a few pictures so you could get a taste of how great it was.  It is so hard to pick...but I would like you to notice how happy and peaceful we look.  We would highly recommend it to anyone.

This is the four of us in Ketchikan on the boardwalk where there were millions of Salmon.

 

                            

YUM!!  But my favorite food on the ship were their varities of bread...including bread pudding.  They had wonderful food and I really enjoyed eating it all without having to plan it, cook it, or clean it up.  The most stressful part was choosing WHAT to pick.

We would always come back to a new "towel critter" in our room made by housekeeping.  I loved not having to make my own bed! I'm a simple woman, what can I say.

 This is one of the most beautiful places on earth, Butchart Gardens in Victoria.  The pictures did not do it justice.  This was only one part, the sunken garden.  I would LOVE to go back some day.

                                         This is our beautiful ship, the Rotterdam.

Coming into our first port, Juneau.  It was a untypically sunshiny day there.  We went whale watching and got to see a humpback whale that breached multiple times for us.  The guide told us it was not normal behavior in their feeding grounds.  We were so happy.  It was AMAZING!

Hubbard Glacier...we were told on the way out to it we would probably not get to go very close, BUT DID!  We got to see and hear it calving.  It was so cool...literally.

             This was one of out two formal nights.  It was fun to get all dressed up. 

It was a trip we will never forget and we had such a great time with Mike and Marilee!  I won't bore you with anymore pics or details (although you know how I could really go on and on).  WE would HIGHLY recommend it to all.