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Day 242: Anchorage, part 1

Yup, One week into the cruise!

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Our stop today was Anchorage, just past Turnagain Island.

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(Photo by the DailylifeWife!)

Once we got disembarked and onto and off of the bus to downtown, we hiked on over to the Car Rental.  On the way we saw…whales?

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Yup!

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While waiting in line at the car rental (you’d think there’d be extra help even on a Sunday when a ship with 2000+ people cmes in, but you’d be wrong…).

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We decided to drive on out to Hope, and on the way we stopped at the Potter Msrsh Wildlife Viewing Area.

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Lots of nice birds there, like these Lesser Yellowlegs…

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And a…well, I am not sure what it is!

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Mallards, a Gull and Salmon.

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They were spawning here too.

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And dying and being dinner!

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We came through here on the train in 2009.

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A few more Yellowlegs!

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A bit of foliage.

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~More to come!

~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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