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Tuesday evening in Alaska…. We boarded our ship (after visiting Ketchikan) around 1 or 2p, ate lunch, took a nape, and woke up about 4 or 5 when the ship was heading out of port ….
From our room’s balcony with coffee, cameras and books, we were able to witness the slow meander through [...]
So on TUESDAY in Alaska, after our Ketchikan wildlife tour, our guide Kurt dropped us off in town at historic Creek Street – shops, restaurants and 1 touristy brothel up on stilts built down the length of the creek.
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Tuesday morning was our first time in port for this cruise!!
When we woke up Tuesday morning (early) the ship was slowly slowly coming into park, getting into position to be parked for the day …
The early morning sun was peeking over the mountains to the east, and the whole of the town [...]
I’m pretty bummed I didn’t end up getting a photo of our cruise dinner waitress, Galina from Bulgaria…. She was all kinds of awesome.
Our first night on the cruise (Sunday) our waitress was this intense Thai girl named something like Trixie. I don’t remember. She seemed to be rushing us and not really [...]
Monday of our Alaska cruise was completely at sea.
We had quite a bit of distance to cover between Seattle and Ketchikan …. The ship was going a tad fast and the 4 of us all felt a bit of sea sickness to one degree or another.
The good news is: Julie brought Dramamine [...]
and here we go … starting into the wealth of Alaska photos and stories we collected over a week …
Andrew and I got up absurdly early on Sunday, June 26, headed over to the airport, and flew north to Seattle.
Julie and Kaitlin had made a road-trip of it so were actually [...]
When we were getting ready for our Alaska cruise, I kept telling Andrew how the food was the best part …. So many options, so many good recipes, food whenever you want …
Andrew thought I meant that the food was the best he would ever taste. Which is, um …. not the case.
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My mom is always finding some kind of travel deal, so about a week ago she and my dad came out to La Jolla where they had a free room at a hotel.
Deal city.
Andrew and I drove down on the Saturday to spend the afternoon and evening with them…
Time for the [...]
just a real quick jotting of some moments – big and small – I don’t want to forget …
seeing a little boy (about 6 or 7) catch is first fish in a tiny little pond in Ketchikan playing Mexican train on the Lido deck .. and having all kinds of (old) people [...]
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 [...]
3 days.
We get on the ship in 3 days.
You would think by now I’d be ready?
Turns out …. barely. And, really, only because we had a deadline of Monday (6/20) to be mostly ready.
We’ve been hard at work these last few weeks tying up loose ends, double checking reservations, buying [...]
We leave for Alaska in exactly 1 month.
And we are SO FAR from being prepared!
It’s not that I’m not looking forward to the trip … it’s more that I am SO MUCH looking forward to being ON the trip that I just mentally skipped over all the prep work.
What I still [...]
We’re getting so so close to our Alaska cruise planned for this summer!
I’ve been trying to remember the details of the last Alaska cruise I took …. in 2003 with my parents and brother.
I was living in Arizona at the time (going to ASU) and my family was all still living in [...]
I made Andrew take a camera to Chicago with him …. so he took my Holga.
The white, plastic, kind of toy camera …. And unfortunately I haven’t really been thinking straight and the film he took was not so hot. I’m not sure the extreme blurriness of these images is Andrew’s fault.
Here [...]
Here is a tour of Daniel’s apartment. Art Ensemble of Chicago playing on the turntable in the background. I’ll post a couple more videos in the next few days.
want to read more?Holga images: Andrew in ChicagoGreat Dane Pub, WILake Mendota, WIScotland: Stirling Monday nightScotland: Church of the Holy Rude
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