Alaska

Alaska – Skagway & Ketchikan

Although Skagway was my least favorite of all the places we stopped, it’s definitely worth a quick trip. Skagway is a town that was built up mainly due to the massive gold rush in Alaska in the late 1800s, and the town definitely has an old Wild-West kind of feel to it (complete with old …

Alaska

Alaska – Juneau

You might want to go grab some Rocky Road ice cream and a fudge brownie because there is some MAJOR picture overload about to go down in this post. Juneau was definitely my favorite place we stopped at (although kayaking in Ketchikan comes in a close second). We got off the port just after noon, and …

Tuesday Tell-All, Alaska Edition

*I’ll start off today’s Tell-All by telling you an embarrassing little tale that has nothing to do with the kayaking picture above. So on cruise ships, they have lots of different entertainment options at any given hour–everything from ballroom dancing lessons (which we did, surprisingly) to fruit carving demonstrations (which we, unfortunately, did not). One of …

Alaska

Alaska Cruise – Quick Stats

So before my trip (in this post), I made a few fun little predictions about what would and would not happen on this cruise. To save you the trouble of having to go back and check them out again, I’ve posted them here for your comparing convenience. You’re welcome. And thus follows my original predictions: …

Bon Voyage – Alaska

Well, we’re off to Alaska tomorrow. My predictions: – I will come home exactly 5.5 pounds heavier– My memory card will have 1,500 new pictures on it– I will not fall in my heels on formal night– I will not get eaten by a whale– I will see a whale though– I will spend at …

Tuesday Tell-All

*Wanna know one of my favorite places to relax? In front of one of our bookshelves. Just sitting there. I can’t even describe what it is, but I just love running my eyes over the titles, dreaming of the books I’ll be reading soon (or not so soon). Every few minutes, I’ll pull down a random book …