Category Archives: Alaska June/July 2011

Wow.  What a buzz kill.  Flew home through Vancouver which required us to show our passports, boarding passes, customs form no less than – I am NOT kidding – seven times.  By the time we got up to US customs … Continue reading →

  Here I sit writing this, looking out at the open sea as we head for Vancouver.  Tonight is the karaoke final which is about all I have to look forward to now.  It has truly been the trip of … Continue reading →

By the time we are finished touring little Ketchikan we feel like we are nearing home. The sky is on our schedule. The air is warmer and the huge mountains are all but gone, although I should note that the … Continue reading →

Oh boy, let’s see if I can remember everything I wanted to say over the last two days.  With no internet access (well, there’s access, but if you have to ask you can’t afford it!) I have gotten a bit … Continue reading →

Alaska Chronicles Part Six or It’s Ridiculous How Small the World Is Even though we signed up for the McKinely Wake Up Call at McKinley Lodge, when the call came at 3 a.m. to tell me that there was 95% … Continue reading →

Alaska Chronicles Part Five The first morning in Denali National Park we rise early for an informative school bus tour about 14 miles into the park. Only one moose cow visible from the bus and some snowshoe hares with their … Continue reading →

Got up very early Wednesday a.m. for 7:30 a.m. departure to train station in Fairbanks. We boarded a train with dome window seats and enjoyed a lovely ride through the Alaskan wilderness to Denali National Park. We saw a few … Continue reading →

Not wanting to get too far behind I am writing a second time today, then will be on schedule.   Finally feeling human this morning after a good night’s sleep.  Up and at ’em at 6:45 for a quick breakfast … Continue reading →

The wedding is over, and by the time I rise in the morning most of the relatives have left for home.  Joe and Al and I have flights late afternoon, so we head off to Lawrence, KS to see where … Continue reading →

As I write this I am in Fairbanks, Alaska, it is 10:15 p.m. and the sky says it’s 4:00 p.m.  How did we decide it would be a good idea to travel to Alaska from Lafayette, California via Kansas City, … Continue reading →