Thursday, August 29, 2024

2024 August 05, Monday - Alaskan Cruise - And away we go!!!



5:02 AM, ugg, way toooo early! BUT, we're bright eyed & bushy tailed (so to speak) and ready to go! - (The blob off my right shoulder was a young lady I decided needed to be blanked out)

We choose to do a five day land cruise before boarding the ship in Seward, AL on Friday, Aug 9th. We flew into Fairbanks, but to do that we had a connecting flight in Seattle, WA with a 2-1/2 hour layover, then onto Fairbanks. I think the plane left MSP around 7 AM, but by the time we got to Fairbanks and 3 time zones, I think it was around 3ish. It was a long day!

One of the many glaciers we flew over between Seattle & Fairbanks.

Whatttt? yet another glacier!!!

One last one before I move on!

I think, not sure, this could be Mt Denali, formally Mt McKinley!
This was about 15min before landing in Fairbanks!
More on that in another posting!

We landed.... finally! Pikes Landing was the placed we stayed for two nights, it was an very nice place!

They even had a reindeer and grizzel bears outside our back door, albeit they were statues, that counts, right?

In our room, a tired and grateful Starr.
I think we went to bed pretty early (Alaska time) that night

 


2024 August 06, Tuesday - Alaskan Cruise - Fairbanks

Tuesday, Aug 06, found us boarding a motor coach and heading down the road just a few miles to the authentic river paddleboat Discovery III ...