life of a cruise ship nurse: victoria, bc

empress hotel, bc

our first stop was the sticky wicket pub for some dinner.  i seriously had thee best fish n chips i have ever had!  they were completely delicious. i also ordered strawberry shortcake. yum yum yum!

me, lorrie (lead nurse) and robyn (donna's friend)

love this place. will return someday for more fish n chips

me, lorrie, and robyn

irene (crew doc) and me

robyn and me outside irish pub.

love the night lights on the government building here in victoria

such a gorgeous night

life of a cruise ship nurse: sitka, alaska

in the tender on my way to sitka!  i sat next to one of the stewards on the ship and we had a great time talking. even though he is giving me a crazy look

coolest thing ever!  en route to sitka, there was a seal in the water eating a salmon. obviously the seagull was there for any leftovers.

afterwards he was headed back into the water.  seriously made my day to see that!

i made it!  i am in sitka!!

russian orthadox church in sitka.  there is a large russian influence in sitka

cute building with flowers bloomin

another church

harbor in sitka

sitka.

i love lighthouses.

i could not choose between all the lighthouse pics.

dinner in the italian place on the ship. so yummy. plus a shot of me in my officer uniform

more officer uniform.  i am finally legit

life of a cruise ship nurse: juneau, alaska

juneau. the sun was shining and it was gorgeous here.

alaska's oldest man-made tourist attraction

there's that tram again. love it

passing by

views across the water from juneau

gorgeous day here today

donna and i walking down main street in juneau

trammmmmms

only the best crab legs i have ever had. ok, the first crab legs i have ever had and they were delicious!

funny story behind this one. we stopped here so donna could get some crab legs.  i could not afford them since one order was like $44. we sat at the bar of the shack and i told the guy there had to be a leg that i could have that had been over-cooked.  he looked through them all and handed me that one.  it was so incredibly good.  i loved it.  i have a new found love of crab legs.  but will probably only eat them on the coast.

tracy's crab shack. best.crab.on.earth.

finally we stopped at the red dog saloon and listened to this grandpa sing and play the piano.  i love his tip jars. viagra fund and balding/liver transplant fund.

what a fantastic second day in juneau.  what a cute little town.

life of a cruise ship nurse: deja vu week 2 at glacier bay

and we are off for our 2nd week aboard the oosterdam. since i was on 3rd call today, i spent the day taking pics of seattle and myself...

going, going

almost gone

we are about to meet the captain at his coctail party. as officers of the ship, we get invited to come and meet some of the passengers. i had a great time

i am in the officers bar. we are cruising in glacier bay and i had to come inside to get warm.

robyn and i. i was teaching her the fine art of the self portrait

bald eagle perched on an iceberg

it was putting on a show for us today

i wanted it to fly away so i could get some shots of it in flight, but it just wanted to watch us as we sailed by

reid glacier

seals sunbathing on the ice in the water. there is way more ice this week than last.......global warming?  hmmmm.

first views of the marjorie glacier

when the ice falls it is called calving. it makes a very loud thunderous sound as it falls

passengers taking pics of the glacier

i call this guy's camara 'tiny'. i thought it was so funny that he had this tiny camara with a huge lens.