Alaska

Alaskan Cruise Day 7: The end of our wonderful vacation

This is the end of the cruise but mostly it’s the end of a fabulous week with Izabel and Sahana.  They had a wonderful time and although I am sure they’re glad to see their parents, they really had fun with each other and with us. It was a memorable trip and one that I hope […]

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Alaskan Cruise Day 6: Ketchikan

Today was our day in Ketchikan – also a nice little Alaskan community built into the rocks I think by the looks of the stairs to get to some of the homes. The view from the ship was pretty nice but a close up was much nicer.  We walked around town visiting some of the […]

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Alaskan Cruise Day 5: Whale watching in Juneau

Today was exciting.  I bought tickets prior to going to Alaska to go whale watching and the visit the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. The ship docked in the harbour at Juneau so we could just walk off.  First we had to go to a store to buy some batteries for Izzy’s camera because by now, […]

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Alaskan Cruise Day 4: Hubbard Glacier

Today was a cruise day but not just any cruise day. We saw the Hubbard Glacier. It is estimated to have an altitude of about 11,000 feet and the captain said that it was one of the few glaciers that are growing rather than melting.  It is also moving quite a bit. It was quite spectacular […]

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Alaskan Cruise Day 3: First stop-Icy Strait Point

Today we ordered room service for 7am but when it came, the kids were not quite ready to get up but they did anyway.  They each had a bowl of rice krispies and some juice and about 8:30am, we went to the Island Cafe for a second helping of breakfast before they went to the […]

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Alaskan Cruise Day 2: At sea

Today was a cruise day.  We got up about 7am but had ordered room service for 8am.  We decided to cancel it as we were all hungry from going to bed early last night. We went to the Island Cafe but Sahana wasn’t feeling so well and neither were Robin or Izzy.  They all had a […]

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Alaskan Cruise Day 1: Departing Vancouver

Cruise travel day! This is the day we start our cruise.  Sahana slept over last night so Sharm and Trent did not have to go to the airport too early in this morning.  We got up at 4am and got dressed and within 15 minutes Sahana was up and ready to get dressed and go.  The […]

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Getting ready for our Alaskan cruise

Sunday is almost upon us for the start of our next adventure – our Alaskan cruise.  As I mentioned before, we are taking Izabel and Sahana with us.  We leave very early on Sunday (6:30am)  from Winnipeg and change planes in Edmonton where we pick up Izabel after a 3 hour layover and head for […]

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