August 4, 2014 - Victoria B.C. (Fresh Air Tours & Butchart Gardens)

We did not know what we were getting ourselves into this morning with the craft.

It was a quilling card project.  So you wrap skinny strips of paper around this tool and then place them in the quilling template to unroll to a certain size.

Judy, Elaine and Lynn joined Corinne and I for the craft.  It was a good thing Jenna decided she didn't want to come to craft.

Lynn completed her card.

Elaine finished hers, which she will be sending to Judy.

Corinne also completed her card.

But not me I didn't even come close to finishing before it was time to leave.

Fred sat in the window looking out at the ocean as Elaine booked their future cruises.

We were picked up at the port by Fresh Air Tours when we arrived in Victoria.  We made a few stops to see the scenery.

We stopped at the Lt. Governor's mansion.

Some of us went to use the restroom and snooped around their garage.  It doesn't look like they have used this carriage in a while.

But they keep these cars nice and shiny.

It was hard to see the ship through the haze.

My favorite part of this tour was the Butchart Gardens.

We decided on a time to meet back at the main square and then we headed out to view the gardens.

Michael, where is the Japanese Garden?

There was going to be a ballet performance in the garden tonight and we got a glimpse of one of the performers practicing.

Amongst the garden they had some whimsical topiaries.

They also had some not so whimsical creatures in the garden.

My battery died so I was not able to take any pictures in the Japanese Garden.

We hit the gift shop for some souvenirs before leaving.  We then headed back towards town and she drove us through China Town and past the Empress Hotel and the Parliament Building. At this point everyone just wanted to get back to the ship some of us didn't want to miss our last meal with our fantastic dinning room waiters.  There was supposed to be a firework show this evening before we set sail, to celebrate British Columbia Day, but it never happened.  So we ended up sitting out by the pool bantering with some teenagers until it was time to go to bed.

August 2, 2014 - Juneau

Roger and I had to walk to the rental car port pick up location for Juneau Car Rental Co..  It had moved since the last time we were here so I had to call them to find out where they were otherwise we would have been walking around in circles.  But we finally found it and then went to pick up the rest of the party downtown.  We headed to Mendenhall Glacier National Park.

We only have our coats on because we carried them all the way out to the glacier because really it was quite nice out by the falls.

2014

We were amazed at how much the glacier had receded from the last time we were here.

2010

We drove around the lake to get a different perspective of the glacier.

We then headed out to the Shrine of St. Therese.

It is definitely worth the drive.

It really is a beautiful area.

We were fascinated watching the salmon trying to swim upstream.  It was kind of gross to see all the dead fish on the rocks.

We could look out and see them jumping at the entrance of where the stream met the ocean.

The girls and I walked the Merciful Love Labyrinth.

We headed back to town and stopped at Macaulay Salmon Hatchery.

Roger and I dropped everyone off at the dock area and then we took the van back.  We walked back to the ship and met everyone else in the Lido buffet area before heading back out.  Some went shopping but some of us headed to the Red Dog Saloon.

We got a round of Duck Farts in honor of Captain Phil Harris

We stopped by Tracy's King Crab Shack.  Dennis and Roger wanted to get a crab leg until they found out it would be $24 for one leg.  So they did a photo op instead.

We met everyone else back on the ship.

August 1, 2014 - Skagway (Dyea Dave Tour & My Birthday)

When I opened the door this morning I had a birthday card from Carnival in my mail box.

Because there was 15 people in our group doing the tour we had a bus all to ourselves for our Emerald Lake tour with Dyea Dave Tours.

Our tour guide warned everyone that when the Canadian Immigration boarded our bus at the border they do not want to see fruit on board especially bananas.  Elaine & Fred quickly ate the evidence.

We stopped to take pictures

of the Sawtooth Mountains

& the Captain William Moore Bridge.

There used to be stores and places to stay out on the island for the miners who traveled by boat could stop and be safe for the night.

I walked away from the group and found a couple and their dog getting ready to head out on Tutshi Lake in their kayak.

We entered the Yukon.

Michael was always out to get a good picture.

We stopped for a restroom & snack break in Carcross.











We left there and headed further into the Yukon to the Carcross Desert.

Emerald Lake was beautiful with the different colors that others say reminds them of the Northern Lights.

We then headed back to Carcross which we just walked around town and got our passports stamped.

We also stopped after passing through the border to take pictures of the steam train.

The train has to wait to head back to Skagway until the new train clears the tracks for the way back.  We chose not to wait to see the two trains together.

One last scenic stop before dropping everyone but Jenna & I off in town.

Jenna & I went back to the ship because I had a headache.  I took some medicine, we grabbed some lunch and then went out to admire the view from the ship.

Then we played a couple of rounds of miniature golf before everyone else came back on board.

We got up and danced to Apple Bottom Jeans.  Dennis got a little carried away and thought he was supposed to pole dance.

Ken the "singing Maitre d'", our head waiter Damir & the rest of our group sang Happy Birthday to me.