Word from the West

(Part 1: Seattle | Part 2: Juneau | Part 3: Skagway) It’s not the cities I was looking forward to in Alaska, it was the spaces between the cities, the expanses of sky and sea and mountains. And ice. Norwegian guides its cruise ships right through Glacier Bay, a National Park the size of Connecticut. […]

Hello, Skagway! (Part 1, Seattle | Part 2: Juneau) We had a full day in Skagway. Dan and I spent some time wandering the sweet downtown area… …but our ultimate goal was our other excursion: a 15-mile bike ride down one of Skagway’s mountains with Sockeye Cycles. That sounds quite pleasant, doesn’t it? A nice, […]

Our first major stop on the cruise was Juneau. As I mentioned (see part 1: Seattle), Dan and I have taken a similar cruise in the past, and wanted to make this one feel different by choosing different excursions at the ports. In Juneau, we opted for sea kayaking. Sea kayaking was a big leap […]

Dan and I have just returned from a 7-day cruise across Alaska’s Inside Passage with Dan’s parents, a stunning adventure which I will detail over the next few posts. Our cruise embarked from Seattle, Washington, and Dan and I flew out a few days early to poke around. We had only spent time in Seattle […]