We took the ferry from Bellingham to Juneau - that's the Alaska Marine Highway - and it was a pleasant sailing

We're pulling away from the dock, and it was a surprised to see people set up tents and they were camping on the back deck.

A view of the dining area

We're nderway and soon surrounded by wilderness and out of sight of any human activity - it's thrilling.

We chose to get a cabin on the outside for the view and some fresh air

The sailing was in protected water, so it was calm. Sometimes we went through narrow passages, close to the islands and forests

On rare occasion, we passed small villages or fishing communities, but we didn't stop at them. We stopped at some towns on the way north.

We visited Kenai Fjords on the way

We got close enough to see the tufted puffins and other birds

Stellar sealions on the rocks and there were glaciers too

Glacier Bay National Park was spectacular - everything we expected and more. Our flight took us over a lot of tidewater glaciers in the west arm of the bay

and we got a good look at a Stellar Sealion rookery - lots of noise and commotion and we could even smell them. And seagulls and grizzly bears