Yes, that is how Alaska looks in the summer - at almost 11 o'clock at night - clouds, rain, and light. Sunrise about 4:00 a.m. and sunset about 11:00 p.m. but it started getting light about 2:00 a.m. and wasn't ever 'dark' until about 1:00 a.m.
Bestie Boy took me on an Alaskan Cruise for our 25th anniversary. I know we have been married 26 years, but Bestie and I couldn't go last summer so we postponed the anniversary trip until this year. It was - in a word - FANTASTIC! Bestie had gone all out in the planning and thought about everything, even the side of the boat to have our cabin to get the most views of glaciers.
Bestie (with a Slim Chickens cup) and our cruise ship in the background
Royal Caribbean Cruises - Radiance of the Seas
God love Bestie, he got us a cabin with a balcony. I truly felt pampered being able to sit on the balcony outside our room, wrapped in a blanket, watching whales jump and play in the ocean. I highly recommend an Inside Passage Cruise to Alaska for everyone. Just beautiful scenery and the cool temperatures in summer were a WELCOME break from what we have here in Arkansas.
A glacier outside Seward, AK
Here in Arkansas, we have boats at our docks. In Alaska it is a different story.
Looking for Wi-Fi? Go to your public library. Just another service offered by libraries almost everywhere.
Why, thank you!
Bestie had planned some great sight seeing adventures for us. In Ketchikan we went sea kayaking and saw some wonderful wildlife. The number of bald eagles we saw was incredible.
In Icy Point, we went whale watching with Floyd and saw orca and humpback right next to the boat.
Floyd
In Juneau, Bestie Boy went on a sea plane ride over the glacier while I went to scope out where Sarah Palin had lived. In the afternoon we went on another wildlife tour and to the Mendenhall Glacier and Falls. Juneau has NO ROADS leading out of it. The only way you can get to or out of Juneau is by plane or boat. The entire area where people live is only 55 miles long. How do people live like that and it is the state capitol??
Alaska Governor's Mansion
Sarah Palin really COULD see Russia from her house!
In Skagway, we didn't do a tour but chose to climb a beastly mountain instead and just take in some of the local sights. Yes, I did get in the lake that day. It was HOT climbing the mountain and you only live once. In Seward, we went to see another glacier up close and personal and caught the train to Anchorage. The cruise was over but we still got to enjoy Alaska by land.
Alaska is known for wonderful seafood but Bestie also found other items he enjoyed. We specifically had to find a Mexican restaurant in Anchorage because Bestie was "about to die for some spices and grease".
World's Best Bloody Mary - the menu said so!
Brew
Bestie had to try them all
A big highlight of the trip was getting to see kiddo #1 who is spending the summer in Alaska on a pharmacy school rotation.
Kiddo #1 glad to finally find a Wal Mart in Alaska.
So, empty nesters in Alaska. Cliché? Probably. Worth every joke about being old people going on a cruise to Alaska? Yes! We are older, but we are also wiser and we are certainly better. As the Tlingit people of Alaska say, "Tsu ye' ikhwasatin" (see ya!)
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