Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Alaska, British Columbia, Delta Airlines, Train, Veendam on Jan 3rd, 2010
I’ve finally managed to post the pictures from our Alaskan cruise in August 2009. The album is available under ‘Photos’ or by clicking here. Enjoy!
Posted in British Columbia, Veendam on Aug 9th, 2009
After setting our clocks forward an hour last night, we awoke a little later this morning. We enjoyed another breakfast in our cabin, followed by some conversation over coffee. We also learned this morning that we’d successfully beaten back the dreaded “dam shits” and were safely off of “code red” conditions. Bonus! Our first event […]
We awoke this morning to the sight of a foggy and slightly choppy sea. I find that after a few days on a particular cruise you eventually settle into a certain pattern of life. And, so we’ve done on this journey. We started the day with our usual room service breakfast. We followed this up […]
Saturday (tomorrow) will be our second and final day at sea. Like always, I’ll entertain any questions that you might have that I’m able to answer. So, feel free to post away. All questions received before midnight (Eastern time) on Friday will be answered in my response on Saturday. So, once again, make my day […]
We arrived early this morning in Juneau (pop. 31,000), the state capitol of Alaska. As with other Alaskan cities, Juneau struck me as an aesthetically unremarkable city in an exceptionally remarkable location. Cut-off by the Juneau Icefield and sandwiched between mountains on the banks of the Gastineau Channel, the city remains accessible only by sea […]