Oosterdam
An Alaska cruise liner.
Alaska 7 day cruise.
She can take 1,800 tourists.
As norm,
two tourists per crew member,
that is,
she will take 2,600 people
go to Alaska and back.
Set sail!
With the backlit of the Sun,
the silhouette of the sail
is such a grace!
The first stop
Juneau
The second largest city in US
---by area---
By this measure,
all the largest cities
are in Alaska.
A city of population 30,000
suddenly
increased by 10,000!
But, it is a good place
to watch Humperback Whale!
Here it is
the famous Hubbard glacier!
The water from the melting glacier
is so different from
the sea water out there!
Can you see the divider?
Oh!
Those people have deeper pockets.
They get on a smaller boat,
get closer to the glacier.
Albeit small boat,
but the time and location has changed.
This is Sitka,
the largest city
in the US
---by area---
population 8,000.
1867
Russia sold Alaska to US
at a price of 2 cents per acre.
At that time,
Sitka was the capital.
So much salmon!
Pacific salmon
The next two months
they are going to find their birth place
spawn and die!
This is the great Alaska salmon run!
Ketchikan
It claims to be
the salmon capital of the world.
But it seems to me that
it has fewer salmon than Sitka.
Bye Ketchikan!
So long Alaska!
Sea plane, helicopter,
somebody said that
your body may be allergic to it.
I said
so does my wallet.
This concludes the Alaska cruise!
Hey!
Gild the lily?
Let's call it
icing on the cake.
Blue Angels!
The United States Navey's
fight demonstration squadron.
They have a show in Washington
and taking off here.