Last December we found ourselves ass over tea kettle in a tributary of the Amazon after spending a day dreging up the river looking for gold.  That was in Ecuador.This week we found ourselves taking a leisurely train ride up the White Pass out of Skagway.  Twisting and turning up a fairly steep grade looking down on the pass that the early (Lunatic) gold rush guys slogged up in order to find their fortune in the Klondike. They took twenty trips up this pass (an...

OK.. now you want to know why I'm having fun?  Nope, I'm not gambling or drinking to excess or line dancing (however I have been known to dance just a tad).  What I am doing is enjoying the dolphins, whales and, most especially, our flight over the glaciers in Juneau yesterday.  We booked an excursion to take a float plane over the glaciers not really sure what to expect.  Turned out to be an absolutely (rare) beautiful day with blue sky and unlimited...