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P6143909 We got a couple views of Seattle from the Bay. P6143909
P6143933 The other cool thing about taking the harbor cruise is that we got to see some of the ships that are homeported in Seattle. I forgot that the two U.S. Coast Guard Ice Breakers are homeported out of Seattle. The one that I was actually on in Antarctica 10 years ago was the Polar Star (USCGC-10)... P6143933
P6143935 ...with a closer view of it. P6143935
P6143941 Another cool view of the city of Seattle. P6143941
P6143943 The sister ship of the Polar Star was also in port - the Polar Sea (USCGC-11). P6143943
P6143955 As we arrived back to the pier other cruises and a ferry were also coming in. Kate and I finished the evening by attending the OmniMax movie of Harry Potter, which was pretty cool. P6143955
P6153961 (June 15, 2004) Our final day in Seattle was the day of our second wedding anniversary. This was the best day out of them all for great mostly clear skies. The main thing for today was to take one of the ferries over to Bremerton, Washington. Once we were on the ferry I got to see the Russian Foxtrot-class submarine that is in Seattle. The sub has the nickname of P6153961
P6153968 I couldn't pass up getting a photo of Kate with the city and a ferry in the background. P6153968
P6153977 In the early morning hours the haze made it a little difficult to photograph Mt. Rainier, but I tried with a cool lighthouse in the foreground. P6153977
P6153994 We were going to go on a tour of the Vietnam-era destroyer, USS Turner Joy (DD-951) when we got there, but this is it on the way in. P6153994
P6154005 Bremerton is the home of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, so there is a long history of shipbuilding that is honored by the cool propeller that Kate is looking at. P6154005
P6154007 Kate snapped my photo with the Turner Joy in the background. P6154007
P6154011 Once on the ship to look around I took a photo of the naval jack P6154011
P6154013 A look to the stern of the ship from the forecastle of the ship. The forward 5-inch gun is observed in front of the bridge. P6154013
P6154037 Kate and I later took a tour of the Naval Museum that was being manned by a World War II U.S. Army Air Force veteran. He told us a couple cool stories about some D-Day experiences he had. Great guy! When it came time to leave Bremerton to head back to Seattle, I got some shots of the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64). P6154037
P6154041 I also saw some submarines in front of her (technically off her starboard side). P6154041
P6154042 We got a nice view of the Turner Joy with the Olympic Mountains in the background with some snow still on them. P6154042
P6154047 We were still about an hour away from Seattle at the time. P6154047
P6154048 The afternoon provided better views of Mt. Rainier... P6154048
P6154058 ...and another. P6154058
P6154091 Once back we headed to the airport for our return flight to Fairbanks. We were finally on the plane taking off when I took a cool photo of Sea-Tac airport with Mt. Rainier in the distance. P6154091
P6154092 I then zoomed in on Mt. Rainier because of the nice lighting provided by the sun. P6154092
P6154117 The majority of the trip back the Canadian Rockies near the coast of British Columbia were cool to see,... P6154117
P6154118 ...along with some of the glaciers that topped them. P6154118
P6154177 At one point when some mid level altocumulus clouds were over the mountains I took a photo of the reflection off the water of the sunset colors from the base of the clouds. P6154177
P6154183 One last photo was taken of a cool glacier before the area was totally clouded over. P6154183
P6154200 When we got within the area of Fairbanks I took some photos of a cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud that was over the hills to the east of Fairbanks. P6154200
P6154209 Another view of the cumulonimbus cloud... P6154209
P6154211 ...and another... P6154211
P6154212 ...zoomed in... P6154212
P6154213 ...and again. P6154213
P6154216 We managed to be on the right side of the plane to take a look at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus from the plane before we landed. This was a great trip for both of us. P6154216

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