Hello there! In my last travel post I shared with you our weekend on Orcas Island. But, there was just so much beauty, things to do & see, and places to eat that I just have to share more. So today I bring you, A Visit to Beautiful Orcas Island Part 2. Our first morning […]
Hi there and thanks for stopping in today. In this previous post I took you to the beautiful Butchart Gardens which was the final port of call on our recent cruise to Alaska. Not wanting our trip to come to an end just yet, we decided to spend a weekend on Orcas Island, one of […]
Greetings from Victoria, British, Columbia, the final stop on our recent cruise to Alaska. Since our time was very limited (the ship docked at 5:00pm and sailed at 11:00pm) we decided to spend our time paying a visit to the beautiful Butchart Gardens. The Butchart Gardens have been on my list of places to see […]
Hi there! I took a bit of a detour since last telling you about our recent cruise to Alaska. So I thought I’d return to the topic of Alaska and bring you our last Alaska port of call, Skagway. DROPPING ANCHOR IN SKAGWAY ALASKA Of the several towns we visited on our Celebrity Cruise to […]
I can truly say without exaggeration that my floatplane excursion over 5 Alaskan glaciers to Taku Glacier Lodge near Juneau, Alaska was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life. My travel agent, Laurel Leidner, had told me when I booked our Celebrity Cruise to Alaska that if I did nothing else while on […]
Our early morning wakeup call came at 5:00 am. The night before the captain of Celebrity Solstice had made it clear to all of the passengers onboard our 7 day cruise to Alaska that although the hour of arrival would be early, we would not want to miss the stunning scenery of Endicott Arm Fjord […]
Hi there! Today we’ll be feasting on crab and exploring a rainforest in Ketchikan, Alaska. After a day at sea, Ketchikan was our first port of call on our recent Celebrity cruise to Alaska. We arrived to wet and foggy weather which threatened to make our day a soggy one. I must admit that going […]
Hello there! Today I’ll be sharing with you the Suite life onboard Celebrity Solstice. While life was “sweet” onboard Solstice, I’m talking about a “Suite” as opposed to a regular stateroom, pun intended. As you may know if you’ve been following along lately, I gave my husband a cruise to Alaska for his recent birthday. […]
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