Day 27 Train to Denali (5th September) Up, dressed and breakfasted (cereal in a cup, eaten with a plastic fork!) then down to get on the shuttle at 7.45am. What is a short drive on a map (a 5 block drive) was a round the world trip due to Anchorage's one-way street system. Arriving at the train "depot" we sat on the bus for about 15 minutes until the train came the 100 metres down the track to where we would alight. Another domed window train but this o...

Day 26 Anchorage (4thSeptember) Up early and off to have a good breakfast as we had a 5-hour train trip to Anchorage ahead of us. We boarded the Cruise train by the dock. This is a domed window train with bench seats facing tables. As it was still dark when we boarded we did not really get a look at Seward (where the ship docked). Another overcast cloudy day did not really allow for us to make the most of windowed train carriage. On the outskirts of...

Day 25 - At sea again (3rd September) We awoke with a shock (well actually the wife did!). After our midnight jaunt we ended up sleeping in until around 10.00am. Quickly getting up, showering we headed up to breakfast only to discover they were just cleaning up. We managed a fruit compote and a sticky bun and a cuppa. Oh well, it made up for all the other food we had been eating and we were not going to die from starvation. Brunch could be had in the dining...

Day 24 (2nd September) Glacier Bay Today we spent the day sailing through the beautiful Glacier Bay. The Park rangers boarded the ship around 6.30am. During the day they would make a number of presentations in regard to what we were viewing and some of the history of the area. The Tlingit people lived in Glacier Bay on the plains below the mountain ranges. In 1680 an unprecedented flow of the Grand Pacific Glacier saw them flee their homeland (It was said...

Day 23 (1st September) Skagway We docked bright and early this morning as many tours were full day tours. Today we were on the Chilkoot Adventures travelling by both bus and rail. First part of the day was by bus travelling from Skagway to Caribu Crossing and CarCross. Bruce, our driver, was friendly and gave lots of information along the way. He also made many stops allowing us to take photos of the scenery as well as taking photos of the various c...