May 30, 2014 Chapter 39 One Big Glacier Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents We’d made it to Day 7, so of course we had another Personal Navigator. Click here to see it in full detail. Going out to the verandah upon waking up, we could see that we were already docked in Juneau. …
Chapter 38 Journey On Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents I know it sounds positively blasphemous, but our excursion had kept us off the ship until about 7:20pm, which means we had totally missed our dinner seating—of course, we knew this would be the case in advance, but it was still sad to go …
Chapter 37 Puppies Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents The Unimog ride down was a little less eventful. I don’t think the tour guide had as much to tell us—though she did let us know that she was adopting one of the sled dogs at the end of the summer, which made us plenty …
Chapter 36 Must Love Dogs Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents As we sat at the halfway point and our dogs rested, I took several closer pictures of some of the pups who were pulling us. They were all just so cute! You might remember that I said we had one other family on …
Chapter 35 Dashing Through the… Dirt Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents Soon we were off and barreling up the mountain. These Unimogs do not mess around, and we were climbing at really steep grades. All around us, the forest floor was coated in some plant akin to moss that the guide told us …
Chapter 34 Snow Dogs Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents So what was our next exciting Port Adventure going to be? Well, when Tracy and I first started researching our Alaska cruise, we almost immediately found out about the opportunity to try out dogsledding. Now, Disney offers ridiculously expensive excursions that include taking a …
Chapter 33 Lazing Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents Our lunch on board the Wonder was pretty forgettable. I think we just went to Beach Blanket Buffet, and this may have been the meal when they were offering Mexican fare, but I can’t remember for sure. What I do know is that our day …
Chapter 32 One Horse Town Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents Having been led straight off the ship and onto the train, we really hadn’t seen any of Skagway yet. Not that there’s all that much to see, of course. Here is a photo down the main street—aptly called Broadway. The epitome of a …
Chapter 31 Dead Horse Trail Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents Rounding a bend, we could see the train that left in front of us up ahead, getting ready to go across a crazy-looking bridge. And there it goes! They made it, so it meant we must be next. For now, though, we still had …
Chapter 30 Prospectors, We’re Heading Your Way Previous Post | Next Post Table of Contents Construction on the White Pass and Yukon Route began in 1898—toward the beginning of the Klondike Gold Rush. Gold was first discovered in the Yukon territory of Canada in 1896, and prospectors began making their way north in droves with the hope of …