Alaska Cruise - Icy Straight Point

Our third stop in Alaska for our cruise was at Icy Strait Point.  It was a very small stop compared to the other ones and there was not much to do there but we ended up walking to the town nearby, even though that was very small too.  The most interesting part of the stop for me was the beach because it was really pretty and peaceful.

We had fun watching for animals before we got off the ship.

We had a great view of the ship!

I love my family!

The beach wasn't too big but it really was beautiful and calm.

Maren had fun finding lots of little crabs and we even got Alden to touch one.

I was pretty impressed with Drew trying to skip rocks while having Alden on his back.

We had another day of beautiful, Alaska summer weather.

There was this nice path for most of the walk into the town.

Alden loved the attention that he got with all the family around! He had tons of fun.

Alaska Cruise- Juneau

Our second stop on our cruise was in Juneau.  We took a bus with my family to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and then from there we went on a little "hike" (fairly flat and easy) to see the glacier and  waterfall up close.  It was really pretty and a nice walk.  Alden had fun riding in "his packpack," as he says it.  He can't quite say the "b" so it comes out a little funny but cute.  I loved getting to see something new in Juneau, even though we had seen the glacier before we hadn't done it this way and it was fun.

We had beautiful weather for this walk and I loved getting to do this with the family.

The waterfall was beautiful.  Alden liked watching it but he was upset that we wouldn't let him out of the backpack to play.

So great to have my family together!

This was our view of the glacier.

Alden loved riding on Daddy's back.

I just loved the scenery because it was so beautiful!

Alden got to touch some of the glacier ice, that had broken off, in the visitor's center.

We had extra time at the end of our hike so we let Alden out and he had a great time throwing rocks into the water. Here is a short video of it.

Drew had fun skipping rocks while Alden threw his to watch them splash.

It was a really fun day and it was fun to see Alden having lots of fun with something so simple as throwing rocks into a lake.  I am so grateful that I got to go do this with my family.

Alaska Cruise - Tracy Arm Fjords

On our cruise we got to visit the Tracy Arm Fjords and see a beautiful glacier.  The weather that day was gorgeous and sunny so it was very pleasant sitting out on the deck, chatting and enjoying all of the views.  Here are some pictures of the beautiful views in the fjords.

Drew sitting and enjoying the views from my parent's deck.  Unfortunately, Alden slept through some of the prettiest parts of the fjords.

We saw occasional wildlife in here like the seal sitting on this chunk of ice.

The view that we had of the glacier.

I loved the view of the glacier and chunks of ice in the water in the sunlight.