Alaska Again

We're about to take our second cruise to Alaska in July,
and I can hardly wait. This time it's a family reunion cruise,
with four of our five daughters, their spouses and assorted children
and other relatives. The girls wanted to take a cruise with Dad,
and none of them had been to Alaska, so it was a logical choice.
We're sailing on Celebrity Infinity.

There is something about Alaska that is bigger than life. I remember so well standing on the balcony of our cabin and looking at mountains that I thought were covered in greenery--grass or moss or something. But the closer we got to them, it became apparent that it wasn't moss covering those mountains, it was huge pine trees, thousands of them as far as the eye could see!

Suddenly several bald eagles swooped down for a pass at the ship, the first of thousands we would see during the week. No longer are they an endangered species, at least in the wilds of Alaska. Humpback whales cruised along side the ship, too, exciting everyone. In Juneau we took a whale watch excursion, and got so close to them you could almost touch them! Humpbacks and orcas were everywhere that day, a scene I think about almost daily, even five years later.

To plan your Alaska cruise, visit my website:
www.cruiseon.com/pdarnell