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After leaving Sitka we spent two days sailing on our way to our next stop, Valdez. The weather was a bit cloudy and rainy, which was unfortunate as one of the sailing days was into Glacier Bay to view the spectacular glacier at the north end. I had been to this area before, about ten years ago when I took my mother on an Alaskan cruise, and I was interested in seeing… Read More
The next stop on our trip was Sitka, a small town of about 9000 people. We found out later that the addition of our ship’s visitors and those of the two other (larger) cruise ships docked basically doubled the size of the town for the afternoon. Yikes! Unfortunately, but not unsurprisingly, the weather was cloudy and the rain was on-again, off-again. It was noticeably colder than Ketchikan, with the combination of cold… Read More
Our first stop of the cruise was the small city of Ketichikan, although by Alaskan standards, at a population of 14,000 it ranks in the top five most populous cities in the state. It is easy to forget how utterly huge Alaska is and how few people reside there until you are experiencing it firsthand! Like all cruise ports the downtown area, immediately adjacent to the dock has evolved into a mish-mash… Read More
About a year and a half ago I was chatting with a friend of mine who was describing this amazing cruise she was planning in the Fall of 2023. It left out of Vancouver and wandered along the Alaskan coast before sailing across the ocean to Japan. A total of 23 days of sea voyaging and exploring. As she had booked a whole cabin, not wanting to share a room with someone… Read More
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