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Back from Alaska

I've been away for a week.  At the last minute (5 days before departure) Paul and I decided to take a cruise to Alaska including Glacier Bay.  This is quite a departure from our normal approach to travel.  Generally we plan weeks or months in advance.  Dack even pondered if perhaps the Earth had been thrown off its axis since this was so very uncharacteristic of us.  No the Earth is fine, we like to be a bit unpredictable and apparently this decision rates in that realm.

At any rate, I had to make several decisions about what to take for knitting.  The flower picture had to stay home because of all the balls of yarn.  I had started the variegated sweater and wanted to work on it so I packed several hanks of that yarn for splicing (see my previous post).  I also brought the Ugg-bootie yarn and a new project I'll talk about later.

Just to prove I was there; my photo of Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay
There were two full days at sea.  One on Sunday to get to Juneau and one from Ketchikan to Victoria on Friday.  I used these days to the fullest for knitting.  Here's a couple of shots of me working on projects onboard.
Knitting on my way to Juneau on the Main Deck
And on the Lido Deck on the way to Victoria, see the land in the horizon on the left?

There wasn't quite as much time for knitting as I thought because there was a fair amount of time sitting on the open decks looking for wildlife.  But the best of the trip was the sunny day we had in Glacier Bay.  There are far too many photos to share here, but let me share one more of my favorite in Glacier Bay.


And here's another shot of Margerie from a bit of a distance.  The day was perfect, see the reflections in the icy water.

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