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Back at the hotel, we enjoyed a nice lunch at The Happy Husky and around 1:30, the airport shuttle picked us up.  The Fairbanks Airport is delightfully small and compared to Cleveland, a real delight. Tagging our bags, dropping them off – easy peasy and Nora and I got through security on the TSA Preck…

An early call (6:20 – Nora was never very excited for these early times – can’t say I really was either!) for the final tour.  We had to leave our luggage out before we left the lodge.  Boarded a bus with our driver/guide Scott and off we went on the Denali Natural History Tour. We…

After figuring out the rather odd instructions about luggage, we arose around 6:30 to be ready for our appointed disembarkation time of 7:25.  Our next leg takes us to the McKinley Explorer and a 9.5 hour ride up to Denali. We had chosen not to have breakfast on the ship so we were able to…

We have now been at sea since leaving Skagway at 8:30 pm Thursday, June 25th.  Right now it is 3:30 pm on Saturday, June 27th.  Our time sailing in and out of Glacier Bay was unavoidable but now, the “being on the boat” thing is wearing a little thin especially since today, when we’ve been…

Today was a really pretty day although when we first got out of bed, it looked like we weren’t going to see anything, the fog was so thick.  It did burn off and the morning, at least, was very mild.  The ship sailed up to the Bay while Park Rangers narrated on the scenery, the…

It couldn’t last forever so it wasn’t a great surprise when we woke to find it overcast and lightly raining.  Unfortunately, I did not choose my wardrobe for the day very well but that’s on me.  We had our first, and only, early call this morning so we ordered room service for breakfast and made…

Our next port is Juneau – capital city of Alaska.  DidJUknow (so clever!) that there is no way to drive into the city of Juneau?  I did not!  Unless you fly direct or have your own boat, the only way to the city is on the ferry and depending on what city is your starting…

We are docked, it is 6:00-ish and I’m done sleeping because of the extra hour we gained so a nice shower seemed in order.  Our excursion was set for 10:00 so no real rush.  Devon and Lia opted for room service breakfast.  Nora and I went to the Lido Market where we’ve been taking all…

We left Vancouver yesterday at about 4:00 p.m. Pacific time, sailed all night and will be at sea all day today arriving in Ketchikan about 6:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.  So how does one keep oneself occupied for a whole day on a cruise ship?  Of course, there’s the eating that takes a good portion of…

It’s Sunday – time to get out of town! Up and on the way to Cleveland-Hopkins Airport at 4:00 a.m. for our flight leaving at 6:30 a.m. In Rochester, I probably wouldn’t give up quite that much time in bed but we arrived by 4:30 and needed almost every minute of those two hours. Between…