Pacific Northwest Gardening: oBOUCHERT GARDENS - VICTORIA BC, 1 by budgielover

budgielover wrote:
Hi Katie0
I absolutely loved the trip. We flew from Tampa to Houston and then to Seattle where we took a bus to the port for the ship. We left Seattle and went up the coast to Juneau. At Juneau, we did the whale watching excursion where we were lucky enough to find several hump backs who put on quite a show of breaching, diving and fin slapping. After the whale trip we went back and took a tram thing up the mountain. Wow, what views. After that we came back and did Sitka, Ketchikan and Hubbard Glacier. Our last stop was Victoria BC and then back to Seattle. I will be posting more albums later of each stop. My biggest surprise was the weather. We came prepare to freeze our hineys off and the weather was gorgeous. Not a drop of rain the whole trip. Temps were moderate from a low of probably 40 up to near 70.
As a matter of fact, when we got to Hubbard Glacier, we had to take our jackets off and sunbathe. Many people were even in the deck pool. The guide from the national park who came on board said he couldn't remember ever giving a lecture where it was clear enough to see the whole glacier and surrounding mountains so clearly.
It was a lifelong dream cruise and I would certainly recommend it for anyone. You should really go soon as the rates are ridiculously low right now. There were many people there from Oregon and Washington. I'll post a link when I get the photos albums up.
Jan..