Shawn

 The last stop on our cruise was Ketchikan. on the way into ketchikan in the morning we saw a pod of Dall porpoises swimming in the distance.  We have been here once before and really enjoyed the little houses in…

 We arrived in Juneau and had a bit of time to look around the little town before we went for our Helicopter tour. The ship pulled into the harbor which was adjacent to a road of stores and just below…

 This is our second trip to Skagway. The first trip we arrived in Skagway to meet our cruise ship, by taking the White Pass train from carcross down the mountains to Skagway. We had Cody and my Mom with us and…

 Today was a completely at sea day spent in glacier Bay. We got up early and started to look for wildlife since we had seen a lot of whales the last time we were here at the head of Glacier…

 Since today is the first full day on the ship let’s start with some pictures of our Neptune Suite on the ship. It’s a larger suite than we’ve ever rented before and it comes with it’s own lounge that’s staffed…

 Today we headed to Anchorage where we will spend the night and then take one more land trip down to Whittier to board the cruise ship.  We boarded the McKinley explorer done train in Denali – it’s a train we’ve…

 Today was supposed to be an unscheduled day until 6PM when we were supposed to have a photography excursion. We decided to do a short hike in the morning, which is good because a few hours before the photography excursion…

Our first full day in Denali was everything that we had hoped. When we were here 9 years ago we took a tour into the park and didn’t see a whole lot of wildlife and we were supposed to take…

 Our day heading from Fairbanks to Denali is a day that we won’t soon forget. The morning started off calmly enough, we loaded a coach headed for a stop at a riverboat cruise on the way to Denali. We met our…

 We woke up in Anchorage this morning and headed for the airport for a very short flight to Fairbanks.  We had stayed right near the airport and the view of the mountains was pretty spectacular View from the Hyatt Place…

 Today was a travel day. We headed to the airport in Philadelphia at around 10:00 for a 2:15 flight. We had a ton of luggage. As hard as we tried we just couldn’t get it down to a more manageable…

Sunday May 22  We got up early today to finish packing. The packing is a bit more careful due to the nature of the trip. We will spend a week on land, hiking, landing on glaciers, and in warmer areas.…