This is post 19 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise”
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Sometimes You Just Have to Go With the Flow
This is post 18 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” Or in this case go with the slow 15 knots as we CRAWLED to Vancouver. Just random closing thoughts and some photos to end this trip and to lock it in the deepest darkest parts of my mind that future therapists will wet themselves
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Finally Back on Land
This is post 16 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” Docked in Vancouver about an hour behind schedule. Rumor has it that the ship will not be sailing today. Now just a short six hour wait for our flight with a cranky woman who is having nicotine withdrawal and I’m sure the DTs. She
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Day 3 & 4 – Still in Seward
This is post 15 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” The good news? We are departing Seward tonight at 8:30 PM (cue the fanfare). We will be traveling so fast we will probably hydroplane to get to Vancouver by Friday morning. The bad news? I will no longer have internet access so this may
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Day 2 – Exit Glacier
This is post 14 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” Ended up NOT going to the Alaska SeaLife Center yesterday and instead grabbed a free shuttle to the Exit Glacier. When I think of glaciers I imagine massive ice flows calving thunderous sheets of ice causing waves and the occasional iceberg. In short, this:
Read MoreDay 1 – Train to Seward
This is post 13 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” I am finally getting a “decent” wi-fi connection (I’m sitting in Safeway). A couple of photo-heavy updates in a row. Decided to take the train to Seward instead of a bus. GREAT decision. Lunch table-service (plus Screwdrivers for mom), plus a bistro car. The
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Making the Most of It
This is post 12 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” Good news – the rain has stopped and the sun has come out for now. The little harbor outside my window is lovely. The heavy fog blanketing the green mountaintops is kind of cool. We are still in port so I can tether to
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I Wish I Was Joking
This is post 11 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” Our cruise has been cancelled due to mechanical difficulties. We have two options: 1) Stay on the ship, in the port of Seward (about a mile long, population 2,000) until Tuesday when they estimate the repairs will be done. Then cruise directly to Vancouver.
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“One of These Things is Not Like the Other…”
This is post 10 of 19 in the series “Alaska Cruise” As I look around at my future fellow cruise travelers, shuffling through the Marriott’s breakfast buffet, eager to leave cold, wet Anchorage for cold wet [enter name of any other port], I am reminded of a little tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxfZbj5vf7Y I stick out like a
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