Random thoughts from the sea
Day 13, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Friday, June 21, 2024; Nome, Alaska. If there was a sense of disappointment that we didn’t make it to the Arctic Circle, the community of Nome made up for it. Yesterday our plan was to sail north through the Bering Strait to cross the Arctic
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Day 10, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Tuesday, June 18, 2024; Dutch Harbor, Alaska. It’s rare for a cruise ship to stop in Dutch Harbor on the island of Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands. It is sometimes on Holland America’s cruises between Japan and the U.S. West Coast, including the Grand Asia
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Day 8, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Sunday, June 16, 2024; Seward, Alaska. Seward is known as the home of the original Iditarod system of trails that eventually head to Nome. It also is where many passengers begin or end their Alaskan cruises that travel between here and Vancouver. For me, this
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Days 6-7, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Friday and Saturday, June 14-15, 2024; Valdez and Prince William Sound, Alaska. Prince William Sound may be the most beautiful place on earth. Seas like mirrors, reflecting the deep green of the forest but mainly the stunning snow-covered mountains surrounding us. Neither of my cameras
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Day 4, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Wednesday, June 12, 2024; Sitka, Alaska When asked what I’m looking forward to most on a cruise, it’s not exploring new places or returning to favorite ports (although I enjoy both immensely). I reply that I’m most looking forward to seeing friends I’ve made on
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Day 3, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Tuesday, June 11, 2024; Ketchikan, Alaska What a difference a cruise makes when it comes to ports! In most places on our just-completed world cruise, we were the only cruise ship in port – and usually in a city where the influx of cruise passengers
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Day 1, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Sunday, June 9, 2024; Seattle, Washington With its rugged beauty and abundant wildlife, it’s no surprise that Alaska is one of the most popular cruise destinations. Ports like Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Sitka can host as many as 10,000 cruise ship passengers a day. So
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Day 128 +7, 2024 Grand World Voyage Saturday, May 18, 2024; Fort Smith, Arkansas A week ago, I left the Zuiderdam in Fort Lauderdale. In some ways I feel I’ve been on dry land for much longer, but that is the way of life, it seems. This morning I’m watching
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Day 121, 2024 Grand World Voyage Friday, May 3, 2024; Mindelo, Ilha de São Vicente, Cape Verde. Portugal has left its mark on many ports of call around the world. Whether it be Brazil, Madeira, the Azores or Macau, I’ve found clues to their Portuguese past in building styles, the
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Days 115, 119, 2024 Grand World Voyage Saturday and Wednesday, April 27 & May 1, 2024; Takoradi, Ghana, and Banjul, The Gambia Maybe it’s port overload after 40 so far. Maybe it’s because we were in these West African ports just a year ago, and they aren’t places I would
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