The morning after the infamous Upper Dewey Lake hike, was to be the day the cruise ship went by Hubbard Glacier. I was so tired from the hike. Then of course we stayed up late enjoying some of the ship’s entertainment. I just about croaked when we were told we would be going by Hubbard… [continue reading]
Hiking to Upper Dewey Lake in Skagway, Alaska
And so after hiking to Lower Dewey Lake we came to that fork in the road and to please my husband we started up, and I mean UP. The photos of the trails do not give it justice. It was three miles up. Though I did some consistent walking/jogging the weeks before our cruise, I… [continue reading]
Lower Dewey Lake Skagway, Alaska
This will forever be remembered as the day my husband tried to kill me. Oh well, in this day and age you have to be more careful with the K word. I mean it figuratively…mostly. Initially we had purchased a city tour for Skagway in a package through Port Promotions , but when it arrived… [continue reading]
Juneau City & Mendenhall Glacier Excursion #AlaskaTravel
As soon as we arrived back at port from our whale watching excursion we went straight to the meeting point for our Juneau City & Mendenhall Glacier Excursion. We also purchased this excursion through Port Promotions as a package deal with other city tours. It ended up costing us about $50 each for the two… [continue reading]
Hoonah, Alaska
As we were walking the trails at Icy Strait Point friends were talking about taking the shuttle into the town of Hoonah. I didn’t know anything about Hoonah, but for $5 we could take the round trip shuttle. Five dollars sounded like a great deal! One of the things we learned while visiting ports in… [continue reading]
Icy Strait Point in Hoonah, Alaska
Our second port on our seven day Celebrity Millennium cruise was Icy Strait Point. We had not purchased an excursion for this port, but figured we would just get off the ship and walk around. This was what we saw at breakfast. “It doesn’t look like there’s anything there,” I said and my husband agreed. … [continue reading]
Saxman Native (Totem Pole) Village and Wildlife Extension Excursion
Ketchikan is so quaint and beautiful! After The Great American Lumberjack Show we walked around a little while and then walked to meet up with the Saxman Village Tour that we had booked through Shore Excursions. Again it was super easy to walk to where the tour buses were located. We instantly liked our tour… [continue reading]
A rain jacket for our Alaskan trip
My husband is very last minute. It used to drive me crazy, but now I usually just laugh. About three days before we were to leave for our Alaskan cruise, he kicked into high gear with research and planning. “Did you know it’s supposed to be raining most of the time we’re in Alaska? We… [continue reading]