Random thoughts from the sea
Day 24, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Tuesday, July 2, 2024; Juneau, Alaska. Sometimes I just have to put the camera down and soak in the view. Whale spouts erupted all around us – I didn’t know where to focus my zoom lens. Perhaps a dozen humpback whales were blowing, slapping tails
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Day 23, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Monday, July 1, 2024; Haines, Alaska Lions and tigers and bears – oh my! OK, no lions or tigers, but today I did see a bear in the wild – a highlight of the trip so far! I’m not sure whether there is an Alaskan
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Day 20, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Friday, June 28, 2024; Homer, Alaska When I first stepped ashore in Homer this morning, it looked unfamiliar. We tendered to a dock near the end of the Spit – a 4.5-mile sandbar jutting into Kachemak Bay south of Anchorage. But once we got from
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Days 18-19, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Wednesday & Thursday, June 26-27, 2024; Anchorage, Alaska Friends make for the best port visits, and Anchorage was no exception. We’ve sailed with Cleta and Ray on grand world voyages, where we’ve cheered on our Kansas City Chiefs to Super Bowl victories. They retired to
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Day 17, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Tuesday, June 25, 2024; Kodiak, Alaska In a state as big as Alaska, you might think it would be easy to get away to be alone in nature. Not so much, especially when you are cruising on a ship with almost 2,000 passengers. But today,
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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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