Stayed in the Pinnacle suite on the Nieuw Amsterdam, it was great!

This is beautiful Alaska

We treat ourselves to a unique experience we can't afford, but we go for it anyway, and boy, is it fun! Of couse i don't have any money left in my bank account!!

The Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland America.

Our dining room, with my daughter and son-in-law. The food was great. We stayed in a large room on the ship because my wife needed an electric scooter and other medical equipment.

The room was huge, you could see into the bedroom. This is my daughter, son-in-law.

Our the balcony. Love the scenery. This place was built for the whole clan.You can see the deck. There was even a hot tub?

It is a considerable clam bake where they pile up many ocean goodies, and everyone digs in. This was up a bay at least 20 miles from the nearest civilization, called the Silver Lodge; it was in the

Tonguess forest, where they had this massive amount of rainfall, was 13 feet and very swampy.

The giant cedar tree in Alaska is about a thousand years old.

My daughter is helping my wife. Dig that wallpaper!

The bathroom. A huge dressing area on the other end and a funny story: I took a bath and was emptying the tub and accidentally hit the high-speed jets; this powerful stream of water struck me as I tried to keep the water between me and the floor, and was comically trying for the shut-off button at the same time, finally hit the button.I had a bit of water to clean up. You can see the tub in the picture.. kind of excessive in everyway. They had this huge tub and a dinky little shower that my chunky self was squished into.

In our dining room, the waiters knew us; I've read that, supposedly, the staff posted pictures of the people in our cabin, I think this was a wive's tail at best! There are two of our rooms on the ship. Sometimes, you get to dine at the Captain's table, but we weren't lucky or just at the wrong period Well my wife and I were probably ro hillbilly for them, but reall bet it not a common thing. And it probably just happened to someone well know or mayber someone reviewing the boat.

Lots of wildlife!

Holland America is wonderful!

We've often stayed in the balcony rooms, that's all you need!. We just needed the Pinnacle room for space this trip, but the price was high—and surprisingly, not as much as you'd think.

My son-in-law is enormous, and he loved this couch! We never spilled on the sofa, but I have to admit to getting sick (I was coming down with COVID on the last day of the trip), and I threw up on the rug in the bedroom (felt bad). Also, my wife and daughter were getting it on the way home. I threw up more than a few times!

We patiently waited to board the ship. We had the Pinnacle suite on the boat, and you were always the first to board, although once we had to convince them we were pinnicle suite, maybe were to hillbilly. And son-in-law.

This is in Glacier Bay. We won the lottery (only so many ships are allowed to travel in Glacier Park), and we have yet to see any calving, but won't you know that the people on the other side of the boat saw the ice crash into the ocean four times?

Looking through the window, we hit a storm, which is pretty much regular in September.

That is Glacier Bay, from our balcony.

Beautiful Glacier Bay!

This carving was from one whole log from a cedar tree. I don't know his name, but he had craved his creations all over this long walk along the beautiful boardwalk and spring-type weather.

This picture of the glacier calving was taken on another trip to Glacier Bay. My wife and I each had a nice camera with zoom lenses, and we fought over who got the shot. I had mixed up the pictures when downloading them.

(Of course, it was me)

The big guys are sunning. This was on the way to Silver Lodge, 20 miles from civilization.

I caught a whale breaching with the telephoto lens on my cannon camera, which I carried with me. Everyone around me had to look at my picture!

That's about as dressed up as I ever get!

I take it back; this is the most dressed I've ever been.

Again, our Pinnacle suite.

Good looking wife looking out, this is Vancouver, B.C., where we went on an excursion to a Vancouver harbor with a beautiful lighthouse.

This is a sister ship to Nieuw Amsterdam.

More of the bedroom in the Pinnacle Suite.

Looking from the Dining room into the living room

This is the pull-out queen bed. The stewards pull it out at night, then make it up and push it back in the morning.

The hot tub on the deck

The bedroom in our Pinnacle Suite

That's it, I hope this gives you a decent look at the PInnacle Suite,

Ric and family, really not hillbilly! Just a average american family!!

Good sailing!