If you haven't taken a late season cruise to Alaska, then you should consider this less crowded time and take advantage of a unique opportunity to view the sites. I've taken many cruises to Alaska in the past, but this year I decided to take a late-season, round-trip...
Having been to all of the featured ports (and having experienced all their major attractions) on this itinerary previously, I felt that this trip more closely resembled reuniting with old friends rather than making new ones, and a very comfortable, leisurely way to...
What can one say about Glacier Bay? This incredible wilderness of ice and mountains is not only one of Alaska's premier natural attractions, but also a World Heritage Site. Happily, the sun made appearances in the morning and frequently during the day, while...
Happily, the poor weather we'd experienced on the northbound trip did not make a return as we cruised towards Vancouver. The sky-blue waters, snowcapped peaks, dense forests and picturesque British Columbia villages that make the "Inside Passage" special were on full...
In my eight years of professional travel I've been compiling a list of places that every American should visit. The list is full of big-name destinations: The Grand Canyon, Washington D.C. and New York City come to mind. Today, I added another must-see spot: Kenai...
Glaciers have made quite a mark on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, carving out many of the mountain passes and rocky formations that make this area so scenic. But these behemoths of ice aren't just a thing of the past; dozens of glaciers linger in the mountinas around here,...
Sometimes I do my best thinking while hiking down a mountain. It's a cloudy day atop Mt. Alyeska, a ski area about an hour's drive south of Anchorage. Now in mid-summer, there is no skiing, as the temperatures hover around 60 degrees. Instead, Alyeska turns into a...
It's morning --about 5:30-- and I'm one of a few passengers and crew who are up. We're moored on Sanford Cove off Endicott Arm, several hours of cruise time outside Juneau, Alaska. The sky is cloudless, the water is still. We're surrounded by mountains. ...
Ford's Terror in southeast Alaska doesn't terrify many people. Maybe a few small boaters and kayakers. But not many others--and certainly not many cruise passengers. Dawes Glacier and the several miles of ice-strewn depths it leaves in its wake also doesn't scare...
The Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka treats various types of raptors that exist--eagles, ospreys, hawks, owls, falcons, kites, etc. But it seems it's the eagles that most people are drawn to. Magnificent birds, their white heads, piercing eyes and stern...
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