Camp Bob Waldorf on the Max Straus Campus

A total of 22 kids from Jacob's middle school went to camp together. The plan is for the kids to go every year all the way through high school. We will see if it works out.  Here is all the fun stuff they did.

Rope course.  Jacob tried it.

Rock climbing wall.  He tried it but said he didn't make it to the top.

Where they play the game Ga-ga.  Ga-ga (literally 'touch-touch' in Hebrew) is a variant of dodgeball that is played with one ball.

Gorilla Rock.

The pool.  They went swimming everyday.  Yea water.  Jacob was in the green team which meant he could swim in any part of the pool.  So glad we brushed up on swim lessons last year.

They had horses.  Jacob went horseback riding!  He didn't like it but he went.

They had a petting zoo of sorts.  A goat.

A lamb.

Front of a pig.

Back of a pig.

Rabbits that were not friendly according to Jacob.

Green house.

This wall is for the teenagers to climb as a team. When Jacob gets older he will be able to try this one.

Balancing board.

Nice cabin.  There were only 7 boys from his school and they all bunked here.

This walkway to his cabin was called the "cheese grater".  When you fell it shredded your skin.

The kids opted to take the stairs instead, all 52 of them.

This was Edin one of the camp counselors from Israel.

Jacob decided to put all his clothes on at once. I can't imagine how hot he was.

Art! They did art.

The End.

Hubbard Glacier

Our last "stop" well drive by really was Hubbard Glacier.  We woke up early as our scheduled arrival at the Glacier was 7AM.  We could tell we were near a glacier as ice was now floating in the water.

The front of the ship was crowded that day.  It was a little chilly but not bad.  I think most people over dressed.

We heard  about this at dinner the previous night.  The crew sets out to get a block of ice to do an ice carving.

It was a little weird boating for ice and talking with the passengers with a bullhorn.

They were unsuccessful in obtaining ice.  As we learned later at the captain's talk, the ship needed to leave the bay to avoid ice.

This is a view of Hubbard Glacier.  It is the longest and most active tidewater glacier in Alaska.  It is 76 miles from its source to the sea.  It stretches from Mount Logan in the Yukon to Disenchantment Bay. The glacier is 7 miles long at the mouth.

We thoroughly enjoyed our Alaskan Cruise.  We hope you have enjoyed all our pictures.  Here's to 15 years.

Skagway, Alaska

Our last port, sniff, sniff.  "What would you do for a Klondike bar?"  Remember that jingle?  It had to be said.  Today's goal was to rent a car and drive the South Klondike Highway.  We were driving into Canada so passports were in order.

Cruisers opted to take the train, bus or rent a car to see the South Klondike Highway.  We are glad we had the freedom of a car and comparing notes to other cruisers we got farther up the highway than the train riders.

"I see dead people" or wait that is a show.  First stop on our highway journey Pioneer Cemetery.

In case you would like to see the directory.

Lower Reid Falls which was up from the cemetery.  There is always a fall near by.

The summit is 3,292 feet.  It was too foggy to see this sign on the way up, we took this on the return.

I think this is Summit Creek.

The whole state looked like a Christmas tree farm.

This might be Tutshi River (Too-shy).  Coordinating my notes with our pictures is much harder than I thought.

Mount Racine? Bove Island?  Yukon River?  Take your pick.

Lunch time!  We ate in Carcross, the oldest community in the Yukon.  Caribou Coffee had great food.  Locally grown, organic, large portions, it was delicious.  We went back later for fresh out of the oven Cinnamon Rolls made with fresh cranberries.

The owner had a sense of humor.

Sign says Retirement Home.

We had a second option.

The pinnacle of our road trip, Emerald Lake.  "The high concentration of calcium carbonate in the water here comes from limestone gravels eroded from the nearby mountains and deposited here 14,000 years ago by the glaciers of the last ice age. Glacial erosion was likewise responsible for scooping out the shallow lakebed."

Finally on our way back.

Bridal Veil Falls.

Then and now pictures in Skagway.

Broadway Street.  Skagway became the first incorporated city in Alaska.

And we are off to Hubbard Glacier.  Aren't you glad you made it to the end?