A few years ago my youngest sister Ivy decided to take my mother to Alaska on a cruise and my wife Gayle and I decided to go along. Mother was almost 80 years old and on a cane and I could walk very well due to my last brain surgery. So mother and Gayle had their hands full. We had one wheelchair between us but we all managed to have a good time, mother even opting to take the helicopter trip out onto a glacier. The scenery was breathtaking and totally upstaged the Caribbean based cruise ship we were on, although at times the juxtaposition of the two seemed laughable. In order to scan them more efficiently I have included three photographs linked together in most cases so just scroll down to make sure you have seen all of the pictures.