Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Tag: Alaska
Choosing Cruising
For the second time we booked a cruise. You may remember our first one to Alaska two years ago. Here’s a little reminder if you don’t – Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier. In fact, cruising to Alaska might be considered a gateway cruise – for…
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The Icy World of Glacier Bay
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week Cold, I was reminded of our cruise last year into Alaska’s Glacier Bay, where we glided silently on turquoise waters under cloudy skies up close to ‘calving’ glaciers and into the secluded nursery of baby seals who…
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Alaska Cruise: Ketchikan
Well here it is already, my last post on our cruise to Alaska with our final stop at Ketchikan! Ketchikan is in fact, the first city you would normally encounter cruising north into Alaska’s Inside Passage. Our itinerary however, took us to Juneau first,…
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Alaska Cruise: Sitka
We left Glacier Bay and after cruising all night, woke up early the next day in Sitka, a small, rainy, town with a large size and history. Though the town has only 9,000 residents it also happens to be the largest city in the…
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Alaska Cruise Highlight: Glacier Bay
After leaving Juneau we cruised through the night and entered magnificent Glacier Bay the next morning. As we entered the Bay, National Park Rangers boarded the ship and narrated the cruise for us. According to the National Park website: “Covering 3.3 million acres of…
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Alaska Cruise: Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier
We left Seattle on the cruise ship Eurodam on Saturday afternoon and sailed through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and around Vancouver Island towards Alaska. The first day was mostly sunny and clear but clouds and light rain descended on the second day….
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Home Again Home Again
Jiggety Jig. From the Cruise, that is. Yes I’m happy to be home again with my feet firmly planted on the ground after our wonderful cruise to Alaska. Benji and Tiger are also happy and welcomed us back with love and open paws, not…
