{"id":58307,"date":"2015-07-22T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=58307"},"modified":"2015-07-22T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T14:45:00","slug":"july-17th-alaska-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/22\/july-17th-alaska-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"July 17th- Alaska Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, no cruise today or rather just up a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> to dock \u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3914.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3914\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3914\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3914_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>About 6:30AM coming into Vancouver\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3922.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3922\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3922\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3922_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Downtown and the heliport\u2026 later we learned the funny top on the building to the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> is the \u201cseaplane and heliport air traffic center\u201d&#160; they have a huge sea plane <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>port<\/strong> we couldn\u2019t see from here way off to the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3928.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3928\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3928\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3928_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bit more of down town.. and blow is the water <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bus<\/strong> ferry\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3948.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3948\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3948_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of chaos and waiting we got on a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bus<\/strong> to leave for the airport\u2026 that was the convention center and the blue <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>thing<\/strong> is to be a raindrop\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3954.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3954\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3954_thumb.jpg?resize=548%2C729\" width=\"548\" height=\"729\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bus driver said this was \u201cart\u201d\u2026 it was done to depict where the elevators were in the building to the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>right<\/strong> and sure enough they move up and down in relation to the elevators.. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3971.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3971\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3971\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3971_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C441\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also were told this is a very \u201cGREEN\u201d city and they are moving to all electric buses for downtown\u2026 replacing the old trolleys.. they also have the highest housing (average <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> is about 1 million) they have a very high density of population in the downtown areas\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3976.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3976\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3976\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3976_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The downtown library built as replica to Roman Coliseum\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3988.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3988\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3988\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3988_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C279\" width=\"640\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course we were way too late for the World Cup (women&#8217;s) but that is the stadium they won the cup in\u2026 we went around it on at least two side \u2026 hard to get pictures out a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bus<\/strong> window.. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3997.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3997\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3997\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3997_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C247\" width=\"640\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Really bad picture but as we passed by he told us that that is a Home Depot store\u2026 but they have about 4 or 5 floors of condo\u2019s on top of it due to space problems in town\u2026 Living above the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> depot?&#160; not a good idea for some guys\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3006.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3006\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3019\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3019_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And they had Mickey and it took 3 of these cabinets on both sides.. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3040.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3040\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3040\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3040_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we left we could see a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of the islands and ocean out from Vancouver\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3047.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3047\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3047\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAM_3047_thumb.jpg?resize=507%2C675\" width=\"507\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a volcano or two\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So ended the Alaska Cruise\u2026 I think we could do it again but maybe a different <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ship<\/strong> or different direction or?&#160; not sure\u2026 it was a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of fun, saw a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of things we had not seen before\u2026 great experience and nothing bad about the ship\u2026 they did a great job of meals, shows, and excursion availability\u2026 no complaints but if you don\u2019t <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>change<\/strong> you don\u2019t know what else is out there\u2026 oh well\u2026 for a later <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>thing<\/strong> to check out\u2026 We heard that this <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>ship<\/strong> \u2013 the Celebrity Millennium will do the China coast or something over there\u2026, I had seen earlier that it did the New Zealand tour but I guess they all change\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>We got into OKC about 10;30, got our bags and <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>home<\/strong> about 11:45\u2026 it was way after midnight to get to bed\u2026 and the cat sure was glad to see us\u2026 maybe she thought she had been abandoned\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>I have a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> more pictures of what we saw\u2026 a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of really bad ones but some ok ones beyond what I have here\u2026 if I get around to it, I may get them into an album on my Google\/Picasa stuff\u2026 who knows. <\/p>\n<p>WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, no cruise today or rather just up a bit to dock \u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>About 6:30AM coming into Vancouver\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Downtown and the heliport\u2026 later we learned the funny top on the building to the right is the \u201cseaplane and heliport air traffic center\u201d&#160; 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