Alaska 2011 Itinerary

I'm sure you have been anticipating this post for a while now, hehe!  Well here it is.  This is our itinery thus far.  I am happy to announce that my wonderful brother and sister in law will be going on the cruise portion of the trip with us.  Days 1-13 will be spent on land as we ride in a very nice coach bus driven by Holland America.  They had a travel show back in January here in the DFW area and they brought one of their buses.  They are quite nice, so hopefully it will be a comfy ride.  After we finish with the land portion of the trip, we get on the ms Zaandam.  That is when we will meet up with the other 2.  I plan to relax as much as possible on the cruise portion because I am pretty certain that my mom and I will be EXHAUSTED after all of our early mornings and full days on our land tour.  Stay tuned for more, because this is only the beginning. 

Date	Port/City	Arrive	Depart
1	Vancouver, B.C., CA	PM
2	Vancouver, B.C., CA	Spend the day in Vancouver.
3	Vancouver, B.C., CA	AM	AM via Air North
3	Whitehorse, Yukon Welcome Dinner & Frantic Follies	PM
4	Whitehorse, Yukon	7am: Kluane - Scenic Kathleen Lake Cultural Cruise
5	Whitehorse, Yukon		AM
5	Dawson, Yukon 8:30 pm: Diamond Tooth Gertie's	PM
6	Dawson, Yukon
7	Dawson, Yukon		AM
7	Tok, Alaska	PM
8	Tok, Alaska		AM
8	Fairbanks, Alaska	PM
9	Fairbanks, Alaska	5:45 pm: Arctic Circle Air Adventure
10	Fairbanks, Alaska	AM
10	Denali National Park, Alaska	PM
11	Denali National Park, Alaska	Jeep Rental in the evening to explore part of Denali.
12	Denali National Park, Alaska		AM
12	Anchorage, Alaska, US	PM
13	Anchorage, Alaska, US		AM
13	Seward (Anchorage), Alaska US	PM	8:00 PM
14	College Fjord	Day at Sea
15	Glacier Bay	Day at Sea
16	Haines, Alaska, US	6:30 AM	9:00 PM
17	Juneau, Alaska, US	8:00 AM	5:30 PM
18	Ketchikan, Alaska, US The Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show	11:00 AM	7:00 PM
19	Inside Passage	Day at Sea
20	Vancouver, B.C., CA	7:00 AM

Alaska

 

 Kodiak, Alaska

This week on Kelly's Korner, people are sharing their favorite vacation destinations. Well those of you who know me, know that this is so hard for me because anywhere I travel, I'm in my happy place. BUT, I think my favorite vacation spot would have to be ALASKA.

Alaska is like a different country. It is incredible! I don't really know how to describe it. Those of you who have ever been can probably agree with me that it is impossible to describe the beauty that you will see there. If you get a chance, I would totally recommend going.

I went to Alaska last summer on a cruise. I went with my mom on a roundtrip cruise out of Seattle for 14 days. It was such a great trip. Not only did I have a great time with my mom, but I got to see things that I have never seen before. I saw glaciers, and icebergs, whales, sea lions, bears, and tons more. The glaciers amazed me! I was in awe as we got closer. God's creation is just indescribable.

I will be leaving to go to Alaska in exactly a month from tomorrow. I will be bloggin along the way just as I did last year. All of my previous Alaskan experiences are in the archives of this blog. This time I am traveling for 12 days throughout the land of Alaska and the Yukon. We will start in Vancouver and fly to Whitehorse and be on a big coach bus and trains the rest of the time. Then we will be getting on a cruise ship in Seward which is not too far from Anchorage. Then we will be cruising back to Vancouver. Then from there we are going down to Seattle to stay a night because we can't miss Seattle. If we are going to be that close to Seattle, there is no missing it.

So I invite you to follow me along on my Alaskan adventure in June. I can't wait!

We took a raft down a river after rafting up close to some glaciers.  Then we took the train back towards Anchorage and got off at some point to take a bus back to Anchorage. 

My beautiful Mom and Me on our float trip down the river.

We spent the day at Glacier Bay.  In the background is a Princess ship.

Beautiful Alaska shoreline.

I went snorkeling in Ketchikan.  One of the best experiences ever.  We snorkeled less than 100 feet from whales.  Incredible!!!

Before our whale spotting.

I spy whales!