Alaska 2023

Not much to report, Up, to the airport, to Seattle, thru passport control, on to Boise. HOME!

If you’ve read the Day 11 post already, this is what really happened. Sad. After a somewhat leisurely breakfast (in the World Cafe – Mamsen’s was closed – but Cheryl got a waffle anyway) we headed down to the ‘Living Room’ to wait for our luggage tag color/number (Orange 4) to be called. Things were

Noon Report: Resonably late excursion today so we had time to exercise, but not enough time to eat at Mamsens. Tomorrow will be our final breakfast on this cruise so we’ll be sure to eat there then. The other interesting feature of this morning was a major plumbing blockage for the back half of the

Noon Report: Location: N 61° 07.44′, W 146° 21.76′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Low Clouds Temperature: 11º C; 53º F Wind: W 4 knots; 5 mph Up and at ’em normally this morning. We docked in Valdez about 8:30 but our excursion wasn’t ’till after 9:00 so we had time for a waffle. It

Noon Report: Location: 59° 31′ 54.0″ N, 140° 25′ 41.9″ W  Speed: 16 knots Course: 269º Weather: Low Clouds Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: NE 10 knots; 11.5 mph Sea: Choppy, 5′ swells There was nothing this morning requiring our attendance but we were up at the usual time – Cheryl to the treadmill

Noon Report: Location: N 58° 17.30′, W 134° 23.90′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Mostly Cloudy / Windy Temperature: 13º C, 55º F Wind: E 9 knots, 10 mph Overnight we sailed back down the Chilkoot Inlet to the state capitol, Juneau. Juneau is unique among American capitols for a couple of reasons. First, it

Noon Report: Location: N 59° 26.70′, W 135° 19.50′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Cloudy / Windy Temperature: 13º C, 55º F Wind: S 8 knots, 9 mph Perhaps it was prophetic – meant to me. We slept thru alarm. When I finally surfaced it was too late to exercise, but a bit too early

Noon Report: Location: N 57° 02.18′, W 135° 18.04′ Speed: at Anchor Course: at Anchor Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 15.5º C, 60º F Wind: W 2.6 knots, 3 mph Sitka is an interesting town. It’s the only town on our itinerary that actually faces the Gulf of Alaska. It’s a town, as we learned today, with

Noon Report: Location: N 55° 20.65′, W 131° 39.51′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Cloudy / Intermittent rain Temperature: 16.5º C, 62º F Wind: SE 6 knots, 7 mph We didn’t arrive in port this morning until close to 10:00 so the day started slowly – Deck, Breakfast, Supervising our arrival and the deployment of