You really have to be careful saying things like that around Gael. It was a similar off-the-cuff remark that led to my 500+ piece collection of Bald Eagle paintings and sculpture...
And, you say, "Didn't you people just get home after seventeen days touring Route 66?!?". Yes, we did. And here we go again..
Gael gave me this trip for my birthday and our anniversary upcoming in November. She reasoned that November might not be the most comfortable time to visit Alaska. See how this works?
Since this is our first trip to Alaska she decided we'd combine a land tour with a cruise with three major side-trips (shown in bold below). Here's our itinerary:
| Sunday, June 20th | We spend much of Fathers' Day flying to Minneapolis on Delta and then on Northwest to Fairbanks (arriving 5:10p) for our first night at the River's Edge Resort Cottages 907-475-0286 Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Monday, June 21st | Tour Day 2: Gold Mine/Riverboat Discovery. Arctic Circle Air and Land Adventure: We fly north from Fairbanks and view remnants of gold mines, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, cross into the Arctic Circle, view the Brooks Mountain Range and land on the Middle Fork Koyuku River. Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Tuesday, June 22nd | Tour Day 3: Fairbanks to Denali by Wilderness Express (train). Tundra Wilderness Tour though the Denali National Park. Spend the night at the McKinley Village Lodge 970-683-8900 Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Wednesday, June 23rd | Tour Day 4: Denali to Talkeetna by Wilderness Express (train). We moved up our Mt. McKinley flight to this evening and then we'll spend the night at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge 907-733-9500 Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Thursday, June 24th | Tour Day 5: Today we take our bus to Anchorage, tour the Ididerod HQ and Anchorage points of interest and spend the night at Anchorage Downtown Marriott 907-279-8000. Tonight we go to dinner and show at the "Fly By Night" club @ 6:45p Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Friday, June 25th | Tour Day 6: Anchorage to Seward by bus stopping to visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Board the Celebrity Cruise Line ship "Summit" (our home for the next seven days). Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Saturday, June 26th | Tour Day 7: Cruising near the Hubbard Glacier. Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Sunday, June 27th | Tour Day 8: Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier: Ice Age by Helicopter: We view the Glacier and land there! (Well, maybe not..) Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Monday, June 28th | Tour Day 9: Skagway Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Tuesday, June 29th | Tour Day 10: Icy Strait Computer disaster! Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Wednesday, June 30th | Tour Day 11: Ketchikan Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Thursday, July 1st | Tour Day 12: Cruising the Inside Passage Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Friday, July 2nd | Tour Day 13: Vancouver, BC and home on Delta arriving 8:54pm. Click HERE for today's story.. |
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| Summary/Recap | Click HERE for a short summary/recap of our adventure.. |
I know it's my style to regale/bombard/annoy friends worldwide with photos and commentary; I really plan to take a bit of a vacation from that on this trip. Yeah. Riight..
That said, I will have my camera and laptop along so you never know; check back often. The date at the top of the page shows the last update so you can quickly tell if anything's changed since your last visit.