Random thoughts from the sea
Days 12-15, 2026 Alaska Explorer Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 3-6, 2026; Prince Rupert and Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The theme of this Alaska cruise is turning out to be friendship. I just wrote about meeting two new friends in Juneau. Earlier we were disappointed to miss seeing friends in Anchorage
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Day 3, 2026 Alaska Explorer Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026; At Sea in the North Pacific Ocean. Back in June when I booked this 14-day Alaska cruise, I knew cooler temperatures would be a nice break from August in the Midwest. I didn’t realize then how excited I would be to
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Days 111-114, 2026 Grand World Voyage Friday to Monday, April 24-27, 2026; Kodiak, Sitka and Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska is a special place to cruise. Majestic mountains with snow-covered caps, dense evergreen forests, dozens of rocky islands and if you’re lucky, plenty of sea life, wildlife and even bald eagles. It
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Day 10, 2024 Majestic Japan Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024; Dutch Harbor, Alaska We should have known that a 53-day cruise without a single tender port was too good to be true. A U.S. navy ship pulled rank and bumped us from today’s assigned pier in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, so we
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Day 6, 2024 Majestic Japan Friday, Sept. 6, 2024; Haines, Alaska You know what they say about best laid plans going awry. That described today for me. Nonetheless, I enjoyed myself and ended up with a watercolor to show for it. I’ve learned that Southeast Alaska rain isn’t like rain
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Day -1, 2024 Majestic Japan Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024; Gig Harbor, Washington I’m just about as envious as I can be, watching the sunrise from the home of dear friends Jan and Jim in Gig Harbor, just outside Seattle. What a perfect place to live! Jim was instrumental in drawing
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Day 27, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Friday, July 5, 2024; Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada Cruises should stop more often in Prince Rupert, Canada. It’s a nice deep-water port in British Columbia and fulfills the requirement that ships stop in a non-U.S. port when sailing round trip from Seattle. Typically cruise
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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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