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So Bernie & I went for breakfast early to avoid the crowd at the Horizon Court; like 6am and actually we did avoid it for the most part. I also saw 2 women that had the same pink jacket that I bought in Juneau. We went off the ship and into the rain; this was becoming too usual by now, and did the White Pass Summit Excursion a 3 hour, 40 mile round trip that took us to the Canadian border. White Pass is a mountain pass that goes through the Coast Mountains an...

I loved this small town (regular population of 800, it more than triples when the cruise ships are in port).   The buildings are quaint.  The main street is well-maintained.  It is another area that is small enough for us to explore on foot although taxis are available, and any movement outside of town limits needs more transportation than human.  We had the joy of taking a tour through the cruise company, To the Summit.  In a group of about 20 we rode in a van t...

Well I finally got my husband to go overseas. He was hooked the first day. Vancouver, Alaskan cruise, ending in Los Angeles. Hubby also got to drive a Mustang convertable while in Canada and a brand new Harley in Los Angeles.

A photo gallery of my latest trip through the Canadian Rockies and cruise through the Inside Passage to Alaska

The following morning found us in Skagway, which was my favourite of the stops that we made.  It was THE gold rush town where everyone would come ready to head to Dawson City in search of Gold.  Dyea and the Chilkoot trail were the most popular and quickest way over the mountains into the Yukon.  We rented a car there and drove to Dyea.  The scenery was beautiful; mountains, lakes, fields of wild flowers!  We followed these old winding dirt roads and ended up at the...

There are people who don't think much of Skagway, but I liked it. The place has an old world feel about it that I relly enjoyed. I like nostalgia. Skagway is the port for the Inside Passage Ferries. There's a train there that shows how in years gone by how snow was removed from the railway lines by using a rotary snowplow attachment on the front of the train. Pretty impressive and ingenious if you ask me. We were shown along our route how the guys that built the railways had burrowed a spiral...

We walked outside, and we waited for awhile because the people who were supposed to take us rockclimbing weren't there yet.  They came in about five minutes, I didn't mind because the scenery was gorgeous!  They were both really cute, haha! So then we got in the little van, it wasn't a bus like gold mining.  There was a man, and another family with us.  We drove through the town, it was a very western town, like the towns you see in the old cowboy movies.  I...

HAWAII / ALASKA Cruise on the Radiance of the Seas

We went on an Alaskan Cruise for mom's birthday! We had so much fun!

Our first stop bagdad.........(Bagdad Tasmania)

Hey there! Well this past May (2007) we decided to take a trip to Alaska through Norwegian Cruise line(*not my favorite cruiseline).We flew out of Seattle, Washington-amazing airport!The trip was amazing and great for beginners like me! We were so determined to do some amazing things while we were there! There is more that I would have loved to do but definately next time! We ended up biking in Skagway, rode the White Pass & Yukon Route.Our top spot would have to be Ketchikan,Alaska amazing!

Joining the ship i'll be working on for 6 months.

Our third stop on the cruise. To tell you the truth, I don't remember what we did here. When I remember, I will update. So, annoyed with my bad memory, I asked my aunt what we did when we were in Skagway.    A HAH! Now I remember! Since this is an old gold rush town, we went to visit the Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park, which was right by the dock.  Here they talked about their history and ran films about the gold rush. That was kind - of interesting but even better...

Skagway is on old Gold Rush Town that today lives for the hoardes that arrive each day on cruise ships. The town is preserved as it was when built. It is also the start of the White Pass and Yukon RR. Just a tourist train but passing through beautiful country.

Hi, all! Today has gone by really fast and I (Lori) have little time to enter this blog, so put on your seatbelts and read on! I slept in while Deb and LIz went to breakfast.  Then we all went to our excrusion for the day ... "Salmon Bake and Gold Rush Trail Camp" (or something like that).  They had a little show with an old trail camp type song (Clementine) and then did a very humorous recitation of a Robert Service (sp?) poem.  We then ate ... I ate delicious salmon and the...