Shadowmeboy's "Spirit"ed Return to Alaska

[shadowmeboy]

Mariner's Centerfielder Julio Rodriguez led off for the Mariners. 

 

Here is a video of his at bat!

 

 

 

 

 

Rodriguez coming up again in the 3rd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max's M had to get a picture at T-Mobile as well!

 

 

I think she likes the pretzel. She did share.

 

 

Julio up in the 6th with a runner on 1st!

 

 

Throwing over to 1st

 

This at bat was the second at-bat in the video above.

 

Mariners were up 2-0 in the 7th!

 

 

 

 

 

Pitching change

 

 

Look closely at the above picture. See the right field foul pole (yellow pole)? Look just to the right, and you can see a guy dropping down onto the field. He got tackled and arrested.

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Mariners Win!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julio was the Player of the Game for the Mariners!

 

 

 

 

 

Roots Sports crew - Angie and Dave

 

 

 

 

A bunch of happy people heading back on the light rail!

[shadowmeboy]

Susan and I went to dinner at Olive Garden after getting back to the Hotel.

 

 

She got Soup for the starter.

 

 

I did the Salad!

 

 

Not sure why I took another picture though.

 

 

Susan had make your own pasta

 

 

I got the Chicken Parm!

 

We headed back to the hotel and tracked Trace and Maria's flight. Then headed to SeaTac to pick them up!

 

 

The gangs back together!

 

 

Loading the car with their bags!

 

We all headed back to the hotel and called it a night. They were especially tired coming from the east coast.

 

We were all going to a long day tomorrow.

 

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[purpleally]

What state(s) do you have left?

[shadowmeboy]

56 minutes ago, purpleally said:

What state(s) do you have left?

Susan and I both only have Hawaii left. Unfortunately a Pride of America cruise was one of our 5 cancellations. We haven’t rescheduled yet.

[www3traveler]

45 minutes ago, shadowmeboy said:

Susan and I both only have Hawaii left. Unfortunately a Pride of America cruise was one of our 5 cancellations. We haven’t rescheduled yet.

I just checked and The Spirit is still working on Her Hawaiian cruise.  You might want to check to see if The Spirit is sailing from Hawaii to Alaska or Alaska to Hawaii next year.  For me, getting a TransPacific and a Hawaiian cruise in one would be wonderful.

[shadowmeboy]

1 hour ago, www3traveler said:

I just checked and The Spirit is still working on Her Hawaiian cruise.  You might want to check to see if The Spirit is sailing from Hawaii to Alaska or Alaska to Hawaii next year.  For me, getting a TransPacific and a Hawaiian cruise in one would be wonderful.

 

I have looked at that in the past, but it typically is at the wrong time of year for both Susan and myself. I am thinking the week long P of A will work the best, with a few days before the cruise to explore.

[shadowmeboy]

Monday, July 4th, 2022 - PreCruise Day 2 of 3

 

We have a busy day planned! We head south to Puyallup and go to Tim's kitchen for Breakfast. I had never been before, but I would go back.

 

 

 

Great decorations!

 

 

Trace and Maria looked a little tired from the cross country flight the day before.

 

 

I got a hamburger steak with brown gravy, loaded hashbowns, and eggs over medium.

 

 

Trace got the Lumberjack Hobo Hash

 

 

Susan got Breakfast Pizza - It was amazing

 

 

Maria got the Nutty Pig - Pancakes topped with Peanut Butter and Bacon

 

 

After breakfast we headed South towards our first activity of the day.

 

 

We arrived at Northwest Trek for our Wild Drive Tour of the free range area.

 

 

 

Max's M had to get a picture!

 

 

Female Bison hiding in the tall grass.

 

 

 

Head of a Male Bison.

 

 

A slightly better view of him.

 

 

 

 

Trace watching the scenery.

 

 

Ferns and other native Northwest plant life

[shadowmeboy]

 

Female Bison

 

 

 

Filming with the GoPro as we go by!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain Goat

 

 

 

 

Male Bison up on the hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the video from our drive! 

[shadowmeboy]

When you do a Northwest Trek Wild Drive ($92 per car for up to 8 people), you also get admission to the zoo like part of Northwest Trek. 

 

 

 

 

 

Bald Eagles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frog Species

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of Northwest Trek's animals are native to the Pacific Northwest.

 

 

 

 

Black bear

 

 

 

Max's M could not bear not getting a picture with the Bear!

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Grizzly Bear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chipmunk!

 

 

 

 

White Wolf

 

 

 

 

 

Wolf habitat

 

 

 

Fox habitat

 

 

The Fox is hard to see, the whole lot was sun bathing.

 

 

Bobcat

 

 

 

Cougar - sun bathing near the middle of the picture.

 

 

 

Lynx

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

We then headed into the smaller Forest Animals exhibits. We did the upper viewing deck first.

 

 

This was Trace's favorite! @tgloersen

 

 

 

Badger

 

 

 

River Otter

 

 

They were eating lunch when we got there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Porcupine

 

 

 

 

 

 

We moved to the lower viewing deck.

 

 

Beaver 

 

 

Badger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trace hanging by the Racoon enclosure, seeing his friends!

 

 

Max's M wanted a picture with the Racoons!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another shot of the Beaver

[shadowmeboy]

 

View of the Black Bear from above the enclosure.

 

 

 

Nap Time!

 

 

Barn Owl

 

 

 

 

 

Snow Owl

 

 

 

This lead us back to the Eagle enclosure

 

 

We finished up at Northwest Trek and headed towards Tacoma for our next part of the Adventure.

[shadowmeboy]

We made our way from Northwest Trek to University Place, WA. Chambers Bay is located on the water and was a host of the US Open a few years ago. They have a park right on the water, and we took Trace & Maria there to get some South Sound views.

 

 

 

Bridge taking people over the train tracks to the water side. I forgot to mention that BNSF and UP run trains by this park. Unfortunately, none were running past while we were there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trace brought his drone along. Here is the park from the air!

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

From University Place, We passed over the Tacoma Narrow Bridge heading to Bremerton.

 

 

 

Bremerton is a Naval Base and Naval Shipyard.

 

 

The aircraft carrier in the distance is the USS Nimitz (68) and Decommissioned ship USNS Bridge wears the 10. I believe the ship on the other side of the bridge is a sister ship the Rainier.

 

 

 

Welcome to Bremerton!

 

 

We arrived at the Washington State Ferry dock in Bremerton and had a bit of a wait till the next boat due to staffing and boat shortages.

 

We parked the car in line and explored around the dock area.

 

 

Fountains outside the gate to Naval Base Kitsap - Bremerton by the ferry dock. 

 

The North gate is mainly used by workers coming from Seattle from the Ferry.

 

 

Submarine Tower outside the gate and in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Memorial Plaza in front of the Puget Sound Navy Museum.

 

 

 

The City of Bremerton has a little park squeezed in-between the ferry dock and the Naval Shipyard. This park has really cool fountains!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Max's M wanted a picture in front of the fountain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was tracking the ferry from Seattle. It was starting to get close, so we headed back to the car. Bremerton Dock 1.

 

 

The ferry arrived and the cars unloaded. Then it was our turn to load!

 

 

Our boat today is the Walla Walla (named after a Native American tribe here in Washington State, and also a city and county name as well). Its a boat so nice they named it twice!

 

 

 

 

Departing Bremerton

 

 

 

WSF Sealth (named after a local Native American Chief)

 

 

 

Sinclair Inlet

 

 

 

 

Passing between the Kitsap Peninsula (right) and Bainbridge Island (left)

 

 

Max's M wanted a picture on the ferry.

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Seattle just coming into view!

 

 

 

 

Mt. Rainier

 

 

 

 

 

Selfie Time!

 

 

Puget Sound

 

 

 

There I am!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got Susan!

 

 

Trace and Maria with Seattle in the background.

 

 

 

 

Alki Point and Beach

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

I spy the Norwegian Sun.

 

 

 

 

The Sun was getting repairs done after hitting the Iceberg. It was also taunting us. You can see me but you can't sail on me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally we arrived into Seattle.

 

Here is the video from the ferry ride.

 

 

If you want to see the drive from Tacoma to Bremerton and the then the ferry ride all together, then check out the video below.

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

Mt. Rainier was out and showing.

 

 

 

 

We headed to the Cheesecake Factory for Dinner.

 

 

How do I choose?

 

 

 

 

 

Trace got Chicken Piccata.

 

 

Susan got the Thai Coconut-Lime Chicken

 

 

Maria got the Bistro Shrimp Pasta

 

 

I got a Chicken Parmesan Sandwich

 

 

Maria got the Cinnabon Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake

 

 

Susan got the Very Cherry Ghirardelli Chocolate Cheesecake.

 

 

I got the Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple Cheesecake

 

We headed back to hotel to watch fireworks on TV as it had been a very long day!

 

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[drumming cruisers]

GREAT review of you trip so far. Loving it♥️

[Wink87]

I am loving your review. Your pictures are truly fabulous. Keep em coming!!!

[FlGoodShips]

Waiting for more....

Love reading your reviews.

Edited October 23, 2022 by FlGoodShips

[FlGoodShips]

Absolutely fabulous review. 🚢

Love all the pictures.

Keep 'em coming.🌞

[Wink87]

Yes! Especially the food porn pics!

[Deb and Jack]

On 10/22/2022 at 12:09 AM, shadowmeboy said:

 

Yes, it was our first time on the Spirit.

Thanks for this review. The Spirit is 1 of the few NCL ships I haven't been able to book. Will explore the ship through your words and pics. Debbie