Alaska Day 1-Cruising and the Hubbard Glacier

 Our first day on the cruise we just sailed south towards Juneau.  Along the way they stopped at the Hubbard Glacier.  All the mountains that were covered in snow were just gorgeous!!!  God's creation is so beautiful and wonderful!  As we were getting towards the glacier there was a really dense fog so we had to wait about an hour or two and it finally started drifting out towards the ship and then it cleared up and we were able to get a little closer to it.  There was a really large ice field in front of the glacier which prevented the captain from getting very close to it.  Alaska was having a warm spell while we were there and I'm wondering if the glacier was calving more because of it.  There were pieces of ice everywhere.

 Each of us posing with the ocean and the mountains behind us.

 Starting to see some of the icebergs floating away from the glacier area.

 We had to go get our coats because it was freezing at the front of the boat and getting colder the closer we got to the glacier.

 The Hubbard Glacier.  It is HUGE and so beautiful!  They say when they can get closer it makes the ship look really small.   Can you see the large ice field in front of it?

 This iceberg broke, rolled, and flipped over right in front of us.  It was pretty cool to see happening. 

 I was so thankful the fog left because I would have been really disappointed if we hadn't gotten to see it.  God answered that prayer for me that day=)

 We played putt putt golf that morning.  So fun!

 How gorgeous is this place?  These pictures can't even do it justice.

 Our first towel animal.  We loved seeing what we would get each night.

 Our interior cabin room.   Not much to see so you definitely don't spend a ton of time in there.

The first formal night.  They only had two formal nights and all the other nights were casual or semi-casual which was nice.  Dinners were fantastic and our head waiters were AWESOME!!!  We chose to do the late dinner seating at 8:30pm so we wouldn't have to rush when we came in from port or our excursions.  It was a great choice for us.