Tracy Arm Fjord Glacier and Day at Sea



Russ took this awesome pic of the Glacier

  About mid way through the cruise we spent a few hours at the Tracy Arm Fjord Glacier.  We had to wake up quite early to see it because we were going to be heading to Victoria in British Columbia.  I am so glad that I got up early and went out to see it.  The Glacier was actually quite far away but there were a lot of ice chunks that had broken off and drifted out to where the boat was.  It was amazing to see these huge ice blocks floating in the ocean.  Here are some of the Pics from the Glacier and surrounding area.  I just have to say that Alaska has some pretty awesome scenery.  I feel very lucky that I was able to go and see what our Heavenly Father has created!

Some of the ice that has broken off the glacier



Me, Dad, and Mom at the glacier




Big ice chunk that has broken off and is floating in the ocean




Me at the Tracy Arm Fjord Glacier




The Glacier is the fartherst in the pic and all white

 After seeing the Glacier and taking lots of pics we all decided that we were way hungry and headed down to breakfast.  All I have to say is that you will never be hungry if you go on a cruise.  They feed you all the time and everywhere you go it seems like there is food.  After breakfast we then went and got ready for the day.... or some of us took naps.  I am not going to name any names because I might of happened to be one of them :)....but once I got ready for the day we ended up wandering around the ship and then finding some nice places that we could all sit and play some games together.  We played phase 10 that afternoon and had a good time being with each other.  There are a few pics of the game that we played.  The one of Kendall was when he was saying he felt like he had gained a lot of weight and needed to stop eating because his tummy was getting bigger.  By the way I still think I won Phase10.... The Family said I did not win because I said we needed to stop to go get ready for dinner.  They said that I gave up and hence I did not win.  I still think they are wrong and I declare that I am the winner!



Mom playing phase 10 with us




Kimo patting his belly




Kort and Me while playing games

  That night after dinner it began to get really foggy.  We started to hear the fog horn and went up to check out what it looked like outside.  We went up to the top deck and when we got there all you could see was fog.  The wind was blowing really hard and it was cold too! You can see by the pic of Kort that she wanted to stay by where the warm air was blowing.  That night it continued to be foggy and they had to use the fog horn throughout the night.  So during the night you would be sleeping and then all of a sudden hear this load horn go off.  O'well you would rather have them blow that horn and keep us all safe!



Kendall with the Fog




Kort trying to stay warm




This what we saw when we looked out trying to see the ocean...Holy Fog!




Kendall walking on the top deck looking at the fog



We found this little guy when we got back to our room to go to bed that night.


  The next day was another at sea day. So of course I slept in and enjoyed it very much! We got up in time for lunch and then went and played more games in the lounge that day. We tried to play a new game of yhatzee hands down.... that game did not go over so well. Kendall said he read the instructions and was teaching us how to play.  None of us really got it but somehow Kendall came out the winner.  After that we played Uno.  That is always a fun game no matter what age you are.  There were a couple of times where Kendall had to pick up a lot of cards.  Especially when he got double draw fours! There is a pick with all the cards that he had at one time.... I think he counted and it ended up being over 20 cards! Yikes! After uno we moved on to two up six down.  This is a famiy favorite! We love playing this game and I have many fond memories of this game with my family.  We played it several times but once again Kendall came out the winner! 



Kendall with all of his 20 cards




Russ and Kort playing Uno




Dad and Mom playing Uno



I have UNO!!!

Dad has Uno too.... He is so funny!

Kort, Russ, and Kendall all decided to go hot tubing that night. It was super cold outside and you could see the steam coming off of the hot tub.  They tried to convince me to go but I hung out with my Mom and Dad and read my book in a nice warm area!


Kendall, Russ, and Kort




Kendall hot tubing..... trying to show the steam coming off the hot tub.




Mom and Dad staying warm and reading there books




Me staying warm




This little guy was there that night when we got back.... he was wearing my shades!

     Kendall and me were getting excited for the next day.  We were going into Victoria..... me and him would be going zip lining. I am not going to lie. I was really nervous about this but looking forward to it at the same time! So next up will be Victoria!!!