Home again

Ethel and I arrived home Oct. 2 from our Alaska Cruise.
At Juneau Alaska we enjoyed the Glaciers but are disappointed to see that they are fading away.
At Skagway Alaska we took the "White Pass Scenic Railway" train ride up the mountains and it was very amazing to see how the track was built in the side of the mountains and through tunnels and over bridges, this was about a 2 hour ride up the mountains and when we arrived at the top of the mountain they unhitched the locomotive and hitched it to the back end to go down the mountain as there was only one track to go on. The seats in the train cars were built to reverse to go down the mountain. There was a gas heater in each car and the heater in our car was running out of oil so we had to move to another car as it was quite cold.
At Ketchikan It was raining we took the tour of "Saxman Native Village & Lumber show" it was hard to walk through the paths as they were uneven and slippery so we had to really watch our step then they took us to the town to shop before the lumberjack show. We decided to go back to the ship as it was raining and we didn't want to shop.
At Butchart Gardens & Victoria Highlights the tour was very nice and the gardens were beautiful. Victoria is beautiful and the gardens were beautiful.
Ethel was not feeling well while at the Butchart Gardens and from then on for the rest of the cruise she was really under the weather.
When exiting the ship in San Diego everything was delayed and there was NO call for color exit. We were marched all around the ship even through the dinning rooms. Alden had to pick us up and when we finally got off the ship we called Alden to meet us in the center as he was waiting somewhere for us.