Alaska Travel Blogs - Page 5

Photos that I took on my very first cruise, which happened to be to Alaska.

well, actually, I was planning a road trip to Dawson City and it ended up that there was a musical festival going on. So, bonus for me!!!!

      Akutan is a volcanic island in the Aleutian Island chain that stretches out westward from the mainland of Alaska into the Bering Sea towards Russia. The island is about 40 miles east of Dutch Harbor and consists mainly of one very large volcano, said to still be activ…

This was a good place to begin our travels thru the Inside Passage. An exciting beginning with a lumberjack show and a hike thru the rainforest sanctuary. (I know, I was surprised to hear Alaska had a rainforest too). The Great Alaskan Lumberjack show is comical and physically impressive (and it do…

Alaska was incredible! It was late February so there wasn't many people. Can't wait to go back!

Once again we awoke to the obligatory rain pitter-pattering on the roof.  Since we had nothing scheduled specifically for today, we stayed at the trailer for a while and did laundry.  We ran out of cold weather clothes again.  Will warmer weather ever arrive?  We were to hike …

The ship pulled into Sitka, Alaska (not exactly sure of the date) and we didn't have any excursions planned.  There didn't seem like that much to do there unless you were interested in Russian history.  I'm sorry to all you Russians out there, but I'm not really interested in the battle f…

Four of us travel buddies set off on an Alaskan adventure aboard the Carnival Spirit, cruising the Inside Passage from Vancouver.Our first port was Ketchikan, where Judy and I went to the native Saxman Village.  We saw the cultural performance of the dancers and even saw totem poles being hand…

We arrived in Anchorage today, picked up a rental car and returned the RV.  We drove around Anchorage, walked around downtown and took a seaplane ride in the moutains.  The view of the mountains from a plane that close was really nice.  Landing in the lake was pretty cool too.  …

Before we had to head to the airport on our last day, Mark and I returned to Chugach State Park to hike to the top of Flattop Mountain.  Parts of this hike are thigh-burning climbs up long stairs or rocky slants.  Orange spray paint is the only way to figure out how to traverse some of th…

My parents had been wanting to do an Alaskan cruise for years, and after a cruise to the Mediterranian Sea with much of the family they decided that the best way to do Alaska would be for the entire family to go with us. My parents had 6 kids, so there's 8 in the immediate family, plus a wife of m…

Post cards from 44 of the 50 States.

    Well finally we got a ride. The weather never cleared enough to take the sea plane so after the German VIP buyers flew in to Dutch on the company jet, management had to find a way to get them to Akutan. Finally they sent the Golden Dawn, a multimillion dollar 150 foot fishing boa…

We arrived in Anchorage Sat night without any significant hassles. We picked up our RV at around 12 noon from a company called Great Alaskan Holidays, www.greatalaskanholidays.com. They rent very nice RVs that are no more than a couple years old. They are a large facility so plan ahead as it will t…

This weekend we headed up to Alaska to cruise the Inside Passage. The trip started out well, with our hotel in Vancouver sharing a building with IHOP, making someone very happy. Our waitress Monica was charming, and made sure I didn't miss out on the final "drops of happiness" in the beer bott…