What a great trip with awesome weather. We started our trip with a 2 day stay in Seattle. Staying at the Warrick hotel it was OK and I would stay there again. Had lunch across the street at Ralph's Deli. good food infact we had breakfast there the next morning. Afterwards we took a walking tour and visited Pikes Market, love the flowers and went back on the second day. Our first night we had dinner at Ray's Boathouse the food was very good our favorite so far. The 2nd night we ate a Chandler's Chowder house, very good clam chowder my DH & I didn't care for it but the others in our party did. What was really nice was they paid the cab fair back to our hotel. On our walking tour the next day we came upon the convention center and found a really nice garden in the back. We also fell in love with all the PIG STATUES that they have in Seattle. We made it our mission to take as many picture of them as we could. The next morning we to the Clipper Vacations ferry boat over to Victoria. Went through customs, boy was that a long line. VICTORIA: Took the Butchard/city tour. The Gardens was wonderful, but the city tour left alot to be desired. Stayed at the Royal Scot. Nice hotel, but freaked me out when they told me no air cond. but it got really cool at night so it wasn't a problem. Victoria was having a NATO Convention going on and alot of the big wigs was staying across the st from us. So alot of FBI,CIA and police hanging around checking cars as they tried to get into the Pan Pacific. Afterwards we took ourselves for a walking tour of the city. By the harbor they were having alot of locals out selling the crafts. There were even some st performers out which was cool to watch. After doing some shopping we took ourselves off to find the German Rest. that we wanted to have dinner at The Rathskeller. It was several block north of the harbor but well worth it. The food was GREAT and everyone was so nice. Would go back there again. Loved walking around Victoria at night. The next morning we were on our way to Vancouver. Took a ferry then a bus. Vancouver: Another great blue sky day.Our hotel was the Fairmont Water Front. All I say say was WOW. We felt like the Beverly Hill's Hillbilly's.........:) We took a city tour and what a difference this one was from Victoria so much better. Alot of work going on in the city getting it ready for the 2010 Olympic's. We later on took ourselves on our own walking tour, shopped then had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory outside. It would have been a very nice dinner if you weren't bothered by so many beggars. The next morning the hotel took our luggage over to the ship for us and we took ourselves off walking the city again. We had a great breakfast at the hotel's food court and met some really nice people that worked at the camera shop there. By 12:30 we couldn't wait any longer so we took ourselves over to Canada Place to board the Coral. Coral: Great ship with really nice people working on it. The only neg I have to say was the size of the shower. Loved the food in the Horizon and the Bordeaux. What yummy desserts they both had. I found the massage that I had was a waste in my opinion. I've had better and cost less at home. Took in alot of the shows and enjoy the group Freedom alot. Played Bingo and didn't win the big jackpot...:( Had plans for that for another cruise. Ketchikan: I regret not having alot of time to explore this city due to the 2 tours we took. Saxman Native Village, got to dance with the natives which was cool. Then we went on the Rainforest Wildlife Sanctuary. DH and I enjoyed this the most, got to see Salmon jumping up stream and got some really awesome pictures of it. Our friends took the Zip Line which they had alot of fun with. Juneau: My most FAVORITE TOUR was the Photo Safari by Land & Sea. Our guide Liz was the best helped us with our cameras to make sure we were taken the best pictures that we could. We had a short walk through the woods then to Mendenhall Glacier. Wow what a awesome Glacier. Afterwards it was our time to meet up with Gary to go on a boast ride to find whales and did we ever. I got some of the best whale tail shots. It was like we hit the mother load. He then took us over to this Island to see tons of seals and some Eagles. What a day...:) Our 2nd tour was the Mendenhall Glacier & Salmon Bake. At first I didn't think this was going to be much, but it was another great tour in our eyes. Spent time at the salam creek and then back over to Mendenhall Glacier. But this time we walked all the way down to the viewing area at the bottom. The food at the Salam bake was very good. Afterwards we left and went back to do some shopping before the shipped pulled out. Skagway: It was a little cloudy for this tour. Went to Haines for the Alaska Nature-Wildlife Expedition. It was OK, but if I had to do it over again I would have taken the railroad tour. That was one of my biggest regrets of everything. All the Glaciers was very awe inspiring and left you very much opened mouth. We loved seating our on our balcony watching them go by. Whittier: We weren't in any hurry to leave Alaska so we took the Portage Glacier & Wildlife Center tour. We got taken out in a ferry up close to the Glacier and got to see some Calving. AWESOME!!! On the way to the Wildlife Center a bear ran infront of the bus. Wasn't time to take a picture but still was cool to see. The Wildlife Center was enjoyed by us all. We then took Alaska Air to Seattle, flying out the next day to come back home to S. F. This was a trip of a life time for us. Thank you all on the CC that helped me in any way. We've already planned on taking a Canada/New England trip in Sept 2008.