Shadowmeboy's Suntastic 10-Night Alaskan Anniversary Cruise Adventure

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An eagle overhead the raptor center

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was time to head out from the Raptor Center and we headed towards Fortress of the Bear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortress of the Bear

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Sorry for the delay, I have been super busy with the election going on at work.

 

- Matthew

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Climbing the ramp to see the Bears

 

 

The three Black Bears

 

 

 

 

Lucky & Chaik are in one side of the former Pulp Mill. There are 5 Alaska Coastal Brown Bears and 3 Black Bears at Fortress of the Bear.

 

 

 

 

Toby, Nuka & Nikiski share the other side of the pulp mill.

 

 

 

Lucky & Chaik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing with the log.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Toby

 

 

This was either Nuka or Nikiski.

 

 

 

playing and eating the salmon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I then moved over to the black bears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Love your pictures of the bears. 

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There was a hawk above the enclosure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my favorite photo from the Fortress of the Bear.

 

 

We stopped along Silver Bay on our way out from from the Fortress of the Bear

 

 

 

pano

 

 

Fireweed

 

 

 

Hey look there is us!

 

 

 

 

 

We were supposed to go to the Sitka Sound Science Center but they over booked their space. So our driver took us to the Sitka National Historical Park instead.

 

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I am going to stop here. I will try to do some more tomorrow.

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26 minutes ago, drumming cruisers said:

Love your pictures of the bears. 

 

Thank you!

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We got dropped off at the spot where you catch the shuttle back to the cruise terminal. We had an excellent tour especially at $90/pp.

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We headed over to the Coldwater Bar & Grill for Lunch

 

 

 

 

Halibut Fish & Chips

 

 

Halibut BLT

 

 

another look

 

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We walked through downtown after lunch. When Sitka has ships with a total passenger count of 5000 or more. This street gets shut down and becomes pedestrian only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did some light shopping through town.

 

 

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We then headed up the hill where the treaty signing over Alaska took place. There are stairs and their is also a longer wheelchair accessible path up there as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had to stop to take photos of the flowers!

 

 

 

 

Tender Dock

 

 

Treaty location

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This bridge leads over to the Airport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was fun to do different shots from up on the hill!

 

 

 

 

 

We made our way back down and headed to catch the shuttle bus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our driver was originally from the South, and boy was he funny!

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Arriving back at the Cruise Terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Time to board the Sun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once back onboard, we headed to the stateroom to freshen up and drop stuff off.

 

 

The Eurodam was departing ahead of us.

 

 

 

Suck ups!

 

 

I headed to the Great Outdoors and grabbed a drink and a table!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting ready for our time to depart.

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Lines thrown

 

 

 

Goodbye Sitka!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the other ships heading out.

 

 

 

Sitka Terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It was time for Pictures and Dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

We went to four seasons for dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheese Ravioli

 

 

Coconut Shrimp

 

 

Bruschetta

 

 

Avocado Hummus

 

 

Mixed Garden Salad

 

 

 

Spaghetti Puttanesca with Italian Meatballs from the appetizer menu

 

 

Braised Lamb Shank

 

 

 

Warm Banana Soufflé

 

 

Snickers Pound Cake

 

After dinner, we went to the Theater for the Newlywed Not So Newlywed Gameshow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theater after the show

 

 

We headed to bed, because we knew we had a long day in Icy Strait Point Tomorrow. 

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1 hour ago, shadowmeboy said:

 

We headed over to the Coldwater Bar & Grill for Lunch

 

 

 

 

Halibut Fish & Chips

 

 

Halibut BLT

 

 

another look

 

YUM!

 

[drumming cruisers]

1 hour ago, shadowmeboy said:

Time to board the Sun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once back onboard, we headed to the stateroom to freshen up and drop stuff off.

 

 

The Eurodam was departing ahead of us.

 

 

 

Suck ups!

 

 

I headed to the Great Outdoors and grabbed a drink and a table!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting ready for our time to depart.

Got some beautiful pictures of the ships.

[drumming cruisers]

1 hour ago, shadowmeboy said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous mountain shots