WOW!!!    Shaky you have been a busy boy! 

Carrie did most of the work.

All that glorious natural history... not to mention the dancing waiters and the baked Alaska... and my question? Any info about the harpsichord in No. 44??

It's the Mozart harpsichord display on the Zaandam. The ship has a musical instrument theme.

Hmmmm... I am getting pix of bugs...

Try this link.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=9849567720103%3A1299417228

I tried without success to upload the photos and captions from iPhoto to an album in my premium Kodak Gallery http://classic.kodakgallery.com/shaky

However, Carrie was able to upload the photos to a regular Kodak Gallery album and then type in the captions again. Here is the link. No login required.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=9849567720103%3A1299417228

EDIT: I updated the link.

Thanks Shaky for pointing Cam #1 over there.  You do read my tweets.      

Yes, but not always in a timely fashion.

And we laugh ALOT! We were having a great time following the Red-tailed hawks from one telephone pole to the next. We'd spot one, pull over get our cameras up and they'd take off either flying across a field to a tree or down to another pole. It was great fun! We had to have seen more than a dozen RTHs. 

 

Do you have a bumper sticker saying:

"Crazy Ladies Birdwatching. Sudden Stops!"

Alllll RIGHT!!!

WHERE CAN WE ORDER?  ;-)  I want one! 

http://www.magnificentfrigatebird.com/gifts/products/stickers/bumper-sticker/
http://www.magnificentfrigatebird.com/gifts/search/license-plate-frame/

And we laugh ALOT! We were having a great time following the Red-tailed hawks from one telephone pole to the next. We'd spot one, pull over get our cameras up and they'd take off either flying across a field to a tree or down to another pole. It was great fun! We had to have seen more than a dozen RTHs. 

 

Do you have a bumper sticker saying:

"Crazy Ladies Birdwatching. Sudden Stops!"

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Sorry for the short notice. It was an emergency.

Next time we'd like at least a 24 hr notice please.   

Maybe a Tweet?

I wish I had thought of it.

Sorry for the short notice. It was an emergency.

Sam waiting for Archer and Beauty

Is that Sam's liquor bottle?

The upload failed overnight and needed to be restarted.

A nice prelude so far, was that a whale in the 2nd video?

Yes.

The photo album is slowly being uploaded to Kodak Gallery. In the meantime, here are a few videos.

Cruising in Glacier Bay, Alaska

Gull Pathfinder

Paddling on the River in Fairbanks

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