Title: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green # of Pages: 256 Genre: Young Adult Realistic Fiction I actually finished this book awhile ago, but between all the Christmas parties and traveling, I haven’t had much time for posting. I bought this book when our local Borders was going out of business, and if …
Alaska Cruise Wrap-Up
Well, here it is: the last Alaska post. It’s about time, eh? But just to finish off, I decided to just post a couple other pictures that didn’t seem to really fit anywhere else. Like these pictures from the two formal nights. (P.S. I totally loved how my hair turned out for the first formal …
Alaska Cruise – Food!!
‘Here it is, just as I promised–an entire post devoted entirely to cruise food. I’m sorry. And you’re welcome. Question: Have you ever tried any of the following? *Veal*Duck*Venison*Lobster*Escargot*Crab*Quail*Wellington steakor *Chilled peach soup? Well, so have I. I tried them ALL on the cruise actually, and for the first time, too. You see, I’m not …
Alaska Cruise – Victoria, Canada
To round out our vacation, we made a quick stop in Victoria, Canada for about four hours. Originally we’d planned on going to the Butchart Gardens (which has been on my dream list ever since I’ve heard of its existence), but due to cost and time constraints, we decided to save it for some future trip. …
Alaska – Tracey Arm Fjord
Before this cruise, I had never heard of Tracey Arm Fjord. Just in case you haven’t either, the Fjord is a narrow inlet that’s been carved out by a massive glacier off the coast of Southern Alaska. The opening to the Fjord is a tricky little sucker to navigate on a cruise ship (or …
Alaska – Skagway & Ketchikan
Although Skagway was my least favorite of all the places we stopped, it’s definitely worth a quick trip. Skagway is a town that was built up mainly due to the massive gold rush in Alaska in the late 1800s, and the town definitely has an old Wild-West kind of feel to it (complete with old …
Alaska – Juneau
You might want to go grab some Rocky Road ice cream and a fudge brownie because there is some MAJOR picture overload about to go down in this post. Juneau was definitely my favorite place we stopped at (although kayaking in Ketchikan comes in a close second). We got off the port just after noon, and …
Tuesday Tell-All, Alaska Edition
*I’ll start off today’s Tell-All by telling you an embarrassing little tale that has nothing to do with the kayaking picture above. So on cruise ships, they have lots of different entertainment options at any given hour–everything from ballroom dancing lessons (which we did, surprisingly) to fruit carving demonstrations (which we, unfortunately, did not). One of …