The last port we visited on the Alaska cruise was Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. For quite a while, it was a place that had been on my bucket. Oh, how good it felt to cross that one off, even if we only were in port a few hours to do it! The ms Westerdam came…
Our stop in Ketchikan ranged the hours from 7:00am -12:30 noon. We were off the ship so early that the carpets in the elevator hadn’t even been changed yet! LOL! Ketchikan is considered the “Gateway to the Inside Passage” because of its extreme southern location. When we stepped off the ship, a group of historical…
Juneau, Alaska was our first port of call and the northernmost point we would travel to on the In Touch Cruise. The Westerdam docked at one o’clock in the afternoon, giving me plenty of time to enjoy the morning activities, have lunch and head to the gangway. We stayed in Juneau until 10 PM, so…
According to today’s title, you may have thought it meant a story about a whale or maybe the whale’s physical tale – either way, you’re correct! Orca whales were seen off the starboard side of the ship all morning and into the afternoon as we sailed toward Alaska. If you would have told me that…
The PA system fizzed on the aircraft, alerting flyers that the pilot was about to speak. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are currently flying over Washington and if you look out the windows on the left side of the aircraft, you can view Mount Saint Helens…” “Ooos,” and “Ahhhs,” followed, but that wasn’t the only…
