Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Alaska Cruise - of course it's sunny the next day

Of course, Saturday September 10th dawns glorious. It's our day at sea, not the Glacier Bay day. Oh well.  There's a lot of motion on the ship and we both have a slight sore throat and cough. Probably best to stay on the down low. Ray does his one gambling foray in the casino. That's a bust. We hang on our verandah in the sun and read. We do get in our one mile walk on the Lido deck, but even that's getting tiresome. We are ready to get off the boat for good. I can highly recommend Holland America.  The staff has been fantastic, the shows awesome, food is delicious, etc etc.  But we are not "cruise" people. We want to be on land and into the adventure.


Sunday September 11th - we say farewell to the Noordam. We have cruised. Bus trip through Seward and we learn about the great quake of 1964. It obliterated the city. Zoom on through Anchorage, Wasilla (I can see Russia from here - ha!), Willow, and finally outskirts of Denali by 5:30 - the McKinley Chalet.  Nifty resort with a room overlooking  mountains and a river. The yellow aspens pop - gorgeous fall colors.  We are now on  our LAND adventure. 





10 comments:

  1. That is a pretty color for the changing leaves! I did forget Alaska had that quake; must have been impressive to hear about it!

    betty

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  2. I am more of a land person too instead of a cruise person. Pretty photos. It's a shame you couldn't have had sunshine when you saw the glaciers, but I guess we have to take what we get when it comes to the weather.

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    1. We knew September could go either way. We lucked out in general

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  3. Never even knew there was a quake. No big casino wins? Hmph, that's rude. Land is more fun indeed.

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    1. the house always wins or in this case, the house boat. No problem. Ray didn't have the family fortune in his hand to blow away. Ha

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  4. This is an amazing tour! I would love to do this trip too. They felt that quake down in Washington, that's how big it was. And the tsunami was horrible too.

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    1. yes, the pictures looked devastating and the video showed with commentary - wow.

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  5. Cruising isn't for everyone. I'm glad for the experience but don't care to do it again. Even though you and Ray are more about the journey on foot, I'm glad you had this great adventure. I'm even more glad that you brought us along for glimpses of your journey. Thank you.

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  6. Hi Joanne - an amazing trip in all ways - regardless of the weather. Incredible to read more about the quake - makes one realise how fragile life is ... but interesting to learn about too .. cheers Hilary

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