Sandi and I just got back today from our week-long cruise through the Inland Passage from Seattle to Alaska. We sailed to Ketchikan, Juneau, Tracie Arm Fjord, Skagway, Haines and then back to Seattle via Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

This was my first trip to our 49th state and my first cruise ever. Sandi had been to Alaska a couple of times decades ago before I knew her.

Words can’t describe the wonder and beauty we saw and experienced from our stateroom balcony fourteen stories up on the ship, and from the several off-board excursions we took. We saw glaciers, whales, porpoises, seals, sea lions, bald eagles and snow-covered mountains too numerous to count and much more.

You’ll have to look at some of the photos we took, and the video I’m going to make and put on the Hoshana Rabbah YouTube channel to find your own words to describe what we saw in Alaska.

Wait till you see the videos I got of the humpback whales spouting, rolling in the water and diving!  Stay tuned.

In the mean time, here are a few photos taken with my i-Phone.

Give me a couple of days to catch my breath, and I’ll get some Bible studies posted.

Tracy Arm Fjord from our stateroom balcony.

The Ruby Princess ship in Skagway, Alaska. The ship is about 950 feet long, 19 stories high, has more than 3000 passengers and 1100 crew members!

Sunset over the Inland Passage to Alaska from our room’s balcony.

Docking in Juneau, Alaska. Photo is taken from our fourteenth story room balcony.

Natan and Sandi in Juneau, Alaska.

Natan atop the Ruby Princess overlooking Juneau.

Dinner on the Ruby Princess.

I’m reading my Bible in our stateroom with the balcony and a view of the ocean in the background.