Alaska and Canada 2015 - The Alaska State Ferry

 Photos from our travels on the Alaska State Ferry - Bellingham Washington to Skagway Alaska

Alaska State Ferry - Bellingham Washington Dock

First night views on board the ferry. 

Green's Camp Campground, 26 miles from Petersburg Alaska on Mitkof Island.

LeConte Glacier, Petersburg Alaska

Three Lakes Hike - Petersburg, Alaska

Three Lakes Hike - Petersburg , Alaska

Marsh Marigolds - Petersburg Alaska

Blind River Rapids - Petersburg Alaska

Petersburg, Alaska

Petersburg, Alaska

Our ferry from Petersburg to Juneau, Alaska

Views from ferry to Juneau, Alaska.

View of Mendenhall Glacier from Mendenhall Lake Campground.

Mendenhall Glacier from the visitor center - Juneau, Alaska

Haines, Alaska

Bald Eagle Foundation - Haines, Alaska

View from Haines, Alaska.

Canadian boarder on Haines Highway.

Canadian boarder on Haines Highway. Still a lot of snow in the middle of May.

Beach at Dyea Campground - Skagway, Alaska

Skagway, Alaska

Skagway, Alaska

National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky

October 23, 2019

This is the last post for this trip. We are home now. It feels good to take a break and spend time at home. We are working on repairs and making small changes in the van. Always thinking of ways to improve what we have. It is never ending.

On the drive home we stopped at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. Even if your not a quilter it is a fabulous place to visit.

"Floating" is a quilt sculpture carved from wood.

Hollyhocks by Velda Newman

Allegretto by Katie Pasquini Masopust

Miniature quilts - These little quilts are amazing.

The Bouquet by Jessie Harrison - This is a close up of one of the above miniature quilts. It is 9 3/4 inches by 11 3/4 inches.

Dance of the Twirly Girls by Andrea Brokenshire

Close up of the above quilt. The quilting is amazing.

Port of Cassis by Lenore Crawford

Gossip Girls by Mary Arnold

Birthday House by Sally Sellers

Close up of the above quilt.

Every quilt was wonderful.

Dusk by Colleen Wise

Close up of the above quilt.

Chasing Bubbles by Hiroko and Masanobu Miyama

Close up of the above quilt.

Cellular Structure VI (Stack of  Six) by Sue Benner

Another amazing very small quilt.

Heading Home

October 6 - 21, 2019

Time to ship the van home. Our travels in the Sprinter in Europe are over. We are heading home for awhile. Who knows where our next destination will be.

Vincent Vango waiting for his turn to be loaded on the ship. 450 new Land Rovers had to be loaded first.

We traveled on the ship, the Atlantic Sea, with Vincent. Leaving the harbour in Liverpool, England. We navigated through tight spaces and locks.

Our cabin on board the ship. It was huge. Because this was the end of our trip, we splurged on the owners cabin. We had a large lounge area.

More of the lounge area.

The bedroom.

At sea. The Atlantic Sea carries containers on the upper decks and below are the vehicle decks.

A couple of times a day the crew launches weather balloons.

After 8 days crossing the Atlantic, we landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We had rough seas, but luckily no sea sickness. There were 9 passengers. We had a great time. The captain and crew were great. I highly recommend traveling this way. It was a nice change of pace.

Downtown Halifax.

Halifax

We saw a boat like this in Cape Town South Africa only it was much smaller. 

Halifax Harbor

Halifax waterfront

"Lampposts on a bender" Sculpture on waterfront boardwalk in Halifax Harbor.

Wall art on Halifax waterfront.

Mural in Halifax.

Fall color at Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls - The tour boats are packed. We decided not to be sandwiched onto one of these.

Frank Lloyd Wright house in Pennsylvania.

Kentuck Knob. We visited on a beautiful fall day!

Kentuck Knob

Kentuck Knob

Kentuck Knob

Kentuck Knob