Great time in Alaska and Canada. Now all that remains is our trip home. Our flight was scheduled for 8:20am, so we had to be up and out early, really early. That meant setting the alarm clock for 4:00am so that we could be taxi bound for the airport no later than 5:15am. Although we […]
MoreVancouver is a beautiful city! JoAnn and I have been here twice before and found it to be clean, friendly, architecturally interesting and generally inviting. We stayed at the Pan Pacific Hotel on the waterfront at Canada Place. Holland America booked us there for a one-night layover before flying home to Philadelphia. The Pan Pacific […]
MoreNot much to say about today. It’s a day cruising the inside passage on our way to Vancouver, Canada. It’s also our last day on board and packing, although a nuisance, is a must. As with everywhere except Ketchikan, its raining. What a monotonous thing to have to report. I’ll bet even you, the reader […]
MoreWhat do you call it when the rain isn’t falling, the breeze isn’t blowing and the day isn’t cold and bitter? A rare, sunny day in Ketchikan, Alaska’s rainiest town. Why just yesterday they had almost three inches of liquid fall from the sky. How lucky were we to see the sun? What a wonderful […]
MoreAugust 9th is another rainy day and it finds us in Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Juneau is named after Joe Juneau, a gold prospector who came to the area in the late 19th century. As Joe must have said, “there’s gold in them, there hills” and the city was off and running. The city […]
MoreRainy, windy, cool; these adjectives describe the weather in Haines today. Oh, and did I mention cloudy? Clouds hang low over the mountains obscuring the peaks. Welcome to Haines. We had no set plans today. We took our time this morning and decided to walk into the newer part of town. Bundled in warm clothes […]
MoreIf you are visiting Alaska a trip into Glacier Bay is a once in a lifetime experience. We stopped to pick up a park ranger (Glacier Bay is a national park) around 8am. She narrated our trip into the bay, pointing out interesting things along the way. “Look, at 2 o’clock, there are some mountain […]
MoreOur first day on board the Noordam was a relaxing one as we cruised the Gulf of Alaska in route to Glacier Bay. We decided to take our time in the morning and have a leisurely coffee in the Explorations Cafe. Then we were off to take some photos of the ship and a selection […]
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