Hawaii to Alaska Cruise

So my wife, Rosa, finally got me to go on a cruise. I had always wanted to do the Alaska Inside Passage cruise including Glacier Bay, so my wife, who likes the long sea crossings, convinced me to do this cruise where we spend 4 days around Hawaii, then 5 days crossing to Alaska, then 5 more days cruising the inside passage.

Well, cruising is not for me. I am glad I did it, and the time in Alaska was great, both the views from the ship and the time on the ground on the various excursions. Plus getting 3 weeks off work never hurt anyone. We had fantastic weather the whole time in Alaska, which apparently is very rare in the early spring, or anytime for that matter.

Here are a bunch of pictures from the trip. Enjoy.

Embarkation Honolulu Harbor

Norwegian Spirit Kona Harbor

Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai

Norwegian Spirit Hilo Harbor

Norwegian Spirit Hilo Harbor

Mauna Kea with snow

First Sunrise at sea April 29

Norwegian Spirit Starboard Bow Wake

Norwegian Spirit Interior Atrium

Norwegian Spirit Stern Wake

Sunset May 3 from Norwegian Spirit Promenade Deck

Norwegian Spirit and Moon

Moon

Moon

Moon

Mountains and big sky

Coastal Mountains

Coastal Mountains

Coastal Mountains

Coastal Mountains

The Office Bar, Hoonah, AK

Mountains across bay from hillside

Humpback Whale Tail and mountains

Brown Bear

Big Sky

Bald Eagle

Moon

Sun reflection and mountains

Norwegian Spirit top deck forward

Johns Hopkins Glacier

Lamplugh Glacier

Marjorie Glacier

Marjorie Glacier

Norwegian Spirit Skagway dock

Norwegian Spirit Skagway

Skagway

Skagway Train

Norwegian Spirit Skagway

Brothel Host

Mountain Reflection

Stern wake and mountains

Mountains

Mountains

River Rafts

River Raft

River and mountains

River and mountains

River and mountains

River and mountains

River and mountains

River and mountains

River and mountains

Abandoned town

Bow wake and mountains

Norwegian Spirit Back deck, stern wake, and sunset

Sunset May 6

Sunset May 6

Norwegian Spirit Juneau

Mountain reflection

Mendenhall Glacier

Nugget Falls

Nugget Falls

Iceberg and mountains

Stream

Sunset May 7

Sunset May 7

Norwegian Spirit Ketchikan

Bald Eagle

Moon over Vancouver

Moon over Vancouver Panorama

And here is a time lapse video taken from the rail of our balcony, recording the entire journey, but edited down (goodbye long nights of darkness) and sped up sections even more, to fit the whole journey into a 6 minute video. I call this the Railcam (™ :-)).

I attached a GoPro to the rail of the balcony of our cabin and set it for time lapse. I edited out the long nights, sped up even more some footage, and ultimately got the 16 day cruise down to just under 6 minutes.