Today we were in Ketchikan. I was pleasantly surprised by Ketchikan. Honestly we thought after what we've already seen it was going to be somewhat of a letdown, but Ketchikan is a neat little town. Yea, it's somewhat touristy, but then again aren't they all. The weather started cloudy and then the sun did come out for awhile, which apparently is a rarity. Ketchikan is the rain capitol of Alaska. They get 162 inches of rain per year. They only get 30 inches of sno...

Today we had a wonderful day in Juneau. We were much more impressed with Juneau than Skagway. The weather was cool, cloudy and a little rainy. But apparently that's fairly typical-they get 120 inches of rain here per year. People say Seattle is rainy-Juneau more than doubles Seattle's annual rainfall. We started by taking a bus tour to the Mendenhall glacier. Maybe there's something to this global warming stuff, maybe there's not, but one thing that is incredible...

Sorry this blog and the pictures are a bit behind-my internet has really been unpredictable lately and we've been very busy. The following blog is actually from Thursday, June 18th. To answer some questions about the cruise experience, the room is very small. Remember it's a boat, not a luxury hotel. It's very basic with a bed, small 3X3 bathroom and narrow hallways to your room. The food for the most part is very good, but somewhat repetitive. Some of the nice...

Today was a great day. We honestly weren't actively doing much today. It involved a lot of sitting on our balcony and looking at the scenery, which suited us just fine. We started the day by getting up and going to the buffet for breakfast before we entered the park. Then we sat on our balcony afterwards and watched as we entered Glacier Bay National Park. It was mountainous, but initially there wasn't much to see. We had ordered room service for lunch-nothing sp...

Tonight was the formal night on the ship. We had a nice dinner at one of the restaurants here on the ship. We were sat with 3 other couples, one from Topeka, Kansas, another from Raleigh, North Carolina and another from a small mountain town in Northern Arizona. We were sitting directly next to the couple from Arizona so we spent much of our time talking to them. They are both retired teachers. He was a fourth grade teacher and she taught kindergarten. I don't kn...