On Monday morning we began our journeys home, Cathy and I to Whitehorse and the rest of the group to Toronto and beyond. The weather made it much easier to leave. I read yesterday that the rain turned torrential later in the day – what a day in the...

For anyone with an interest in nature, Denali National Park deserves a few days of exploring. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have a few days so have to decide how to get the best experience in the shortest time. Although I can take different options because I’m there fairly...

Today was largely a driving day – it’s about 235 miles from our hotel in Anchorage to our B&B in Healy. But it turned out to be much more, with three extremely good moose encounters. We were in no huge hurry to leave the Springhill Suites Anchorage University Lake...

The more we cruise, the more we like longer and longer cruises. Seven nights is simply too short – just when you start to really get into the spirit of things, it’s time to leave 🙁 But at least we have more exploring to do by land – starting...

Glacier cruising days are often a major highlight of an Alaska cruise, whether you’re sailing Glacier Bay, Hubbard Glacier, Collee Fiord or Tracy Arm. But occasionally, heavy ice or other conditions can turn a potential highlight into a large disappointment, so I’m always somewhat anxious about this day. My...

Our short day in Skagway was planned to be a mostly independent day. I’d drive our Ontario friends to Fraser so they could take the train back to Skagway, then everyone was on their own. We had dropped our Tracker off in Skagway, and one member of our group...

Cathy and I have been to Juneau many times, so although the “must-see”, Mendenhall Glacier, was on our itinerary, we also wanted to get to new places as well. Renting a mini-van was the only way to go to make that happen – it cost $135 total for the...

We were scheduled for a long stop in Icy Strait Point today, from 8:00am until 6:00pm. While Cathy and I really like the Icy Strait Point visit, many people don’t because “there’s nothing to do”. Maybe that means that there’s little shopping – I’m not really sure, because there’s...

Day 3 on our Alaska cruise out of Vancouver on the Celebrity Millennium was a port day, in Ketchikan. Despite a weather forecast calling for a chance of rain, it was a beautiful – perfect for our flightseeing trip into Misty Fjords. I caught the Alaska pilot’s boat leaving...

The 2nd day on a northbound cruise to Alaska is “at sea”, with lots of onboard activities but not a lot to see scenery-wise normally. On this sailing of the Celebrity Millennium, however, we got a huge bonus thanks to Captain Zisis Tamaras. Sunrise in Queen Charlotte Sound, off...