This is beautiful Alaska
Something to add, my wife and I are just everyday people that have certain piorities in life and treasure treating ourselves to a really special experience now and then that we really can't afford, but we go for it, and boy, is it fun!
The Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland America. That's me.
This is a page from my journal.
Our dining room, with my daughter and son-in-law. The food is to die for! We stayed in a large room on the ship because my wife needed an electric scooter and other medical equipment.
The room was huge; you could see into the bedroom. This is my daughter, son-in-law, and wife.
Another page from my journal.
Our the balcony. Trevor and my wife love the scenery. This place was built for a large party. You can see the deck. There was even a hot tub!
This is another journal entry.
It is a considerable clam bake where they pile up many ocean goodies, and everyone digs in. This was up a bay at least 20 miles from the nearest civilization, called the Silver Lodge; it was in the
Tonguess forest, where they had this massive amount of rainfall, was 13 feet and very swampy.
The giant cedar tree in Alaska is about a thousand years old.
My daughter is helping my wife. Dig that wallpaper!
The bathroom. A huge dressing area on the other end and a funny story: I took a bath and was emptying the tub and accidentally hit the high-speed jets; this powerful stream of water struck me as I tried to keep the water between me and the floor, and was comically trying for the shut-off button at the same time, finally hit the button; as I was pushing all the buttons to find it because of the powerful jet of water. Had a bit of water to clean up. You can see the tub in the picture.
In our dining room, everyone knew us; the staff, I've read, posted pictures of the people in our cabin. There are two of our rooms on the ship. Sometimes, you get to dine at the Captain's table but we weren't lucky or just at the wrong time period.
Lots of wildlife!
Holland America is wonderful!
We've stayed many times in the balcony rooms; they are all you need. This trip, we just needed the Pinnacle room for the space, but the price was high—and surprisingly, not as much as you'd think.
My son-in-law is enormous, and he loved this couch! We never spilled on the sofa, but I have to admit to getting sick (I was coming down with COVID on the last day of the trip), and I threw up all over the rug in the bedroom (felt bad) and also my wife, daughter were getting it on the way home. I threw up more than a few times!
We were patiently waiting to board the ship. We had the Pinnacle suite on the boat, and you were always first to board the vessel and escorted to your rooms. This is my wife (Charlotte), daughter (Whitney), and son-in-law (Steve).
This is in Glacier Bay. We won the lottery (only so many ships are allowed to travel in Glacier Park), and we have yet to see any calving, but won't you know that the people on the other side of the boat saw the ice crash into the ocean four times?
Looking through the window, we hit a storm, which is pretty much regular in September.
That is Glacier Bay, Whitney, and Steve on our balcony.
Beautiful Glacier Bay!
This carving was from one whole log from a cedar tree. I don't know his name, but he had craved his creations all over this long walk along the beautiful boardwalk and spring-type water.
This picture of the glacier calving was taken on another trip to Gacier Bay. My wife and I each had a nice camera with zoom lenses and fought over who got the shot as I had mixed up the pictures when downloading.
(Of course, it was me)
The big guys are sunning. This was on the way to Silver Lodge, 20 miles from civilization.
I caught a whale breaching with a telephoto lens on my cannon camera, which I luged with me! Everyone around me had to look at my picture!
That's about as dressed up as I ever get!
I take it back; this is the most dressed I've ever been! This was on another trip where we were both up and walking.
Again, our Pinnacle suite.
Good looking wife looking out, what I believe is Vancouver, B.C., where we went on an excursion to a Vancouver harbor with a beautiful lighthouse.
This is a sister ship to Nieuw Amsterdam.
More of the bedroom in the Pinnacle Suite.
Looking from the Dining room into the living room
This is the pull-out queen bed. The stewards come and pull it out at night, and in the morning, they make it up and push it back in.
The hot tub on the deck
The bedroom in our Pinnacle Suite
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