If you want to play along … . Below is our rough itinerary for our Alaska trip … See you in a week+!
Sunday
- Wake up at 4a
- drive to Burbank airport by 6a
- flight at 7a; land in Seattle at 930a
- get coffee and hang out in the airport until Katie and Julie can pick us up (an hour? more?)
- check-in and board the ship sometime after 12p
- check out room and balcony, relax, explore, relax. … nap?
- dinner on board 815p
Monday
- wake up whenever we want
- coffee and breakfast on our balcony
- day at sea
- photos
- explore
- read
- relax
- lunch wherever we want
- relax
- read
- photos
- dinner on board 815p
Tuesday
- Disembark in Ketchikan, Alaska, sometime after 6:30a
- explore town
- possible snorkeling
- back on the ship for lunch?
- possible hiking
- possible other guided exploration
- back on the ship by 4p
- relaxing
- dinner on board 815p
Wednesday
- wake up whenever we want
- coffee and breakfast on our balcony
- enjoy the view during our scenic cruising up Tracy Arm Fjord
- lunch on board
- disembark in Juneau, Alaska 2p
- Visit Mendenhall Glacier
- possible sea plane or helicoptering over the glaciers
- dinner on board 815p
Thursday
- disembark in Skagway, Alaska sometime after 6a
- explore town
- check out micro-breweries
- find a guided tour up to the Yukon pass
- photos of waterfalls, historic graveyards and other fun stuff
- back on the ship by 5p
- dinner on board 815p
Friday
- wake up whenever we want, with coffee and breakfast on our balcony
- day at sea reading and relaxing
- nap
- reading
- relaxing
- dinner on board 815p
Saturday
- wake up whenever we want, hang out on the balcony
- day at sea reading and relaxing. Probably re-packing
- nap, etc
- disembark in Victoria, BC sometime after 7p
- no idea what we can do in town at this time of night. Especially since our dinner on board is at 815p. We’ll see.
- back on board by midnight
Sunday
- disembark early in Seattle
- somehow fill our day in Seattle without a car and WITH some luggage
- be at the airport by 630p
- flight
- get home around 10p
- sleep
(and then I don’t have to be at work til Wednesday!)