Monthly Archives: August 2018

Now for those of you that don’t know, Juneau is the capital of Alaska and the only way to reach the town is by water or by air.  There are no roads that lead to Juneau.  Crazy huh?  That is … Continue reading →

We arrive at Skagway at 6:00 AM.  That was earlier than they predicted so we couldn’t watch them pull in, darn.  We always like to judge the dockings…..reminds us of our slip at Sunnyside and doing the judging at the … Continue reading →

So after cruising for a full day, the first place we were going to be stopping was at was the Trace Arm Fjord and we weren’t actually stopping.  It was more like a drive by. First, the ship had to … Continue reading →

I thought I’d give you a little idea of what the inside of the ship looked like.  The decor was Egyptian/Greek.  We figured when the ship was done doing the Alaskan cruises, it must go to the Med and cruised … Continue reading →

For those of you that have never been on a cruise, they have a thing called a muster drill.  What this is, is each room is assigned to a certain part of the ship to go to in case of … Continue reading →

So….how did we end up on an Alaskan cruise you ask?  Remember that wedding and hurricane that happened last September?  When we had bought plane tickets to go to a wedding and then had to ditch the tickets, grab the … Continue reading →

As you have probably figured out by now, we head north a couple of times a year.  Summertime being one of them.  We know we better show up for the youngest grandson’s birthday or our heads will be on the … Continue reading →