Our West Coast Trip

MS Zuiderdam docked at Canada Place, Vancouver -- September 2006

The Vancouver skyline as we leave port -- September 2006

Leaving Vancouver we pass under the Lion's Gate Bridge near Stanley Park -- September 2006

A bald eagle perched in a tree in the temperate rainforest outside of Juneau, Alaska -- September 2006

Margaret-Ann beside the Klondike Highway outside Skagway, Alaska -- September 2006

Outside of Skagway, Alaska, the Klondike HIghway winds its way to the Yukon -- September 2006

Margaret-Ann and John cross into the Yukon on their way to Caribou Crossing, about 75 kilometres south of Dawson -- September 2006

The Johns Hopkins Glacier, a mile and a quarter wide and 250 feet high at its face, in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska -- September 2006

Still On The West Coast



Margaret-Ann and John aboard the Washington State ferry from Whidbey Island to Townsend -- September 2006

John and Dennis hike along Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Washington -- September 2006

Margaret-Ann rests atop Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Washington -- September 2006

Ruby Beach, Washington -- September 2006

Sea stacks seem to grow right out of the Pacific Ocean at Cannon Beach, Oregon -- September 2006

Margaret-Ann and Dennis walk along Cannon Beach, Oregon -- September 2006

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, Oregon -- September 2006

Still On The West Coast



Margaret-Ann and Val walking in the early morning sunshine on Cannon Beach -- September 2006



Sunset on Cannon Beach, Oregon -- September 2006



Mist rising off the water on a beach near Bandon, Oregon -- September 2006



Margaret-Ann if front of a huge redwood tree in the Avenue Of The Giants, California -- September 2006



One of the many vineyards we stopped at in the Sonoma and Nappa Valleys, California -- September 2006



Val, Margaret-Ann and John sample some local Nappa wine at a picnic area beside the winery -- September 2006

Riding the cable car from Fisherman's Wharf to Union Square in San Francisco, California -- September 2006

Fog hides the top of the pier of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, as we sail under it -- September 2006

San Francisco's skyline viewed from the bay -- September 2006

More From The West Coast



Val, Dennis and Margaret-Ann relax outside a great Italian restaurant we found near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California -- September 2006



The Lonely Cypress Tree perched atop a rock cliff over the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Grove, California -- September 2006

Clint Eastwood's Mission Ranch resort at Carmel-By-The-Sea, California -- September 2006

 

The restaurant at Mission Ranch, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California (we were too late for lunch) -- September 2006

Margaret-Ann and John check out the grounds at Mission Ranch, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California - September 2006



The Bixby Bridge, near Big Sur, California, soars 650 feet above a creek rushing to the Pacific Ocean -- September 2006



The outdoor Neptune pool at the Hearst Castle on a 250,000 acre ranch near San Simeon, California -- September 2006



The front door of Casa Grande, the 70,000 square foot main house of the Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California -- September 2006



San Luis Obispo, California, celebrates Creek Day -- September 2006



A colourful Mexican restaurant on the end of the Santa Monica Pier, California -- September 2006

Still More From The West Coast



Small boats are docked in the backyards of homes in the canal area of Venice Beach, California -- September 2006

Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, California on a Sunday morning -- October 2006

Dennis, Margaret-Ann and Val check out Tiffany's on Rodeo Drive in L.A., California -- October 2006

Half Dome towers 3700 feet above the valley floor in Yosemite National Park, California -- October 2006

Dennis, Val and Margaret-Ann at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California -- October 2006

Climbers from around the world come to scale the granite monolith El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California -- October 2006

Looking down the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan on the left and Half Dome on the right -- October 2006

Leaving Yosemite National Park via the Tioga Road, we came upon the alpine Lake Tenaya at an altitude of about 9000 feet -- October 2006

Crater Lake, Oregon, is the water-filled caldera of an old valcano -- October 2006

Val, John and Margaret-Ann at Crater Lake, Oregon -- October 2006