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  • Angelaska
    Hari 5

    Hubbard Glacier

    18 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F

    We became acquainted with the Hubbard Glacier several years ago when we first traveled to Alaska. Today she was out in all of her beautiful splendor. I’m glad it is an overcast day, because on cloudy days one can see that beautiful sapphire blue in the crevices of the face of the glacier. That color is not nearly so prominent on a sunny day. Today our captain took his time and worked his way through a field of growlers to approach the glacier more closely than he had been able to do so in the last few cruises. He rotated the ship 360° so everybody was able to get a good shot. We got several pictures of Angela and Randy on deck with the glacier in the background. The wonderful crew of Celebrity Summit were around with hot coffee, hot chocolate, and other beverages for those of us who were chilled up on the sun deck, taking pictures of the icy monster in front of us.Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 4

    Preparing to Board the Ship

    17 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F

    We came into the town of Seward early enough today to spend an hour at the Seward Sea Life Center. This research facility takes care of injured animals found in the bays and inlets nearby. It’s also a center for research. Marine biologists and oceanographers from all of the world come here to study the unique Maritime environment around Seward.

    We still had lots of time on our hands so we walked to Iditarod mile zero where the original serum run began. Seward was the closest ice-free port to Nome, where diphtheria broke out among the children in 1925. Vaccination serum was brought here by ship and was taken to Nome by mushers on dog sleds. The modern Iditerod dog sled race incorporates sections of that route. We wandered down the lovely path leading to the ship terminal where Chris met us in the hotel van with our luggage. Our in processing on the ship went smoothly and now we are all learning our way around.    Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 4

    Mud Hut

    17 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    Glenda and I wanted coffee this morning so I decided I would just venture out walking and try to get some. I walked to a busy intersection not far from our hotel and found a little coffee shop called the Mud Hut. Four cars were lined up on one side and three cars were lined up on the other. I saw a door so I went inside and asked if is it were possible to get service inside or must one line up with the cars outside. They said you’ve got a lineup in your car. I told the guy I had just walked from the Spruce Lodge. “Should I just stand behind the cars?” He said “Stand behind the cars.” One moved about every five minutes, so there were seven cars all sitting there with their motors running. They would move forward one car length every five minutes. I stood there for over 20 minutes without reaching the window. The carbon monoxide started to get to me so finally I just decided I had enough and I walked back to the hotel.Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    211
    Hari 3

    Hunting the Holgate

    16 Mei ⋅ 🌫 37 °F

    As we were waiting to board the boat on which Major Marine Tours would take us on a fascinating tour of Resurrection Bay, Angela and I grabbed a delicious cup of espresso from a railroad car converted into a coffee shop. We climbed aboard the Spirit of Matushka and had good luck to start with as we encountered several pods of orcas. The so-called killer whales are not whales at all, but actually dolphins—the largest of the porpoises. They are extremely intelligent, hunting in packs and devising elaborate and inescapable strategies for securing food. Orcas are the alpha predators over a greater part of the surface of the earth than any other species. They are such good hunters that cetologists have documented several instances of animals of different species bonding temporarily to prevent orcas from attacking their young. The killers were out in force today guarding their own babies and teaching them orca ways. We also passed seals, sea otters and several bald eagles.

    The high point of our trip today came when we reached the beautiful Holgate glacier. This gleaming white tidewater glacier was showing off its iridescent blue crevices on this overcast day. Our thoughtful skipper turned off the boat’s motor for more than 5 minutes as we floated silently in front of the timeless behemoth. Soon we tourists stopped our chatter and we simply basked in the wordless glory of the artistry of the glacier and its Creator.

    After returning to Seward we scoped out several restaurants and decided to go back to Ray’s. I had sable fish in a Japanese miso sauce, and Glenda had a macadamia encrusted halibut garnished with a Thai red curry sauce. A disagreement between Glenda and Angela over who would pay for dessert was settled by a game of rock-paper-scissors. When dessert came, we all enjoyed a part of a piece of macadamia and coconut chocolate torte served with vanilla ice cream. After our laughter about the childish game we had used to settle the dispute over payment, I suggested that tomorrow night we could decide by a round of thumb wrestling. It turned out that Angela had never played the game before. I told her that Randy and I would show her how it was done. I looked at Glenda’s brother’s hands and discovered that they are huge. I swallowed hard, we locked fingers, and he had my thumb pinned in less than 5 seconds. Angela laughed hysterically.

    Miffed at my defeat, I told our waiter how we had decided about the bill, and he said, “Oh yeah, I know how to play that.”

    “Put out your hand,” I said as I grabbed his. He started this long litany about thumb wrestling I had never heard. I didn’t know when the recitation would end, but as it finished he instantly pinned my thumb.

    Oh, well. Dessert was delicious.    Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 2

    Just for the Halibut

    15 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    Hunter, our guide, responded to our request for a recommendation for a restaurant by suggesting Ray’s Seafood in Seward. Glenda and I ordered the blackened halibut garnished with a cilantro, avocado and lime cream sauce and served over cilantro rice with steamed broccoli. The fish was cooked to perfection, and the spices offered a nice burst of flavor from this mild fish. Our server Anastasia was perfectly attentive without hovering as we engaged in gentle conversation. We finished it off with a chocolate macadamia pie served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The meal was superb. After supper Spruce Lodge owner John picked us up in the shuttle and brought us back to our temporary home here in Seward .Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    1
    Hari 2

    A Family of Champions

    15 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    Mitch Seavey has won the Iditerod Dog Sled Race three times. He graciously opens his kennels to tourists who come to learn about this amazing sport. His father Dan was a lawyer from the Midwest. As a child Dan enjoyed the TV exploits of Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King. He loved the show so much that he moved to Alaska and lived out his dream of becoming a musher. Dan’s son Mitch began learning the sport as a child, and now, after finishing first in three Iditerod races, he is considered to be the best in the world. This year Mitch’s son Dallas entered the contest. When his lead dog became unable to compete, Mitch loaned Dallas his own lead dog, and Dallas won the 2024 Iditerod. This grueling race covers a distance equal to that between Miami and Washington, D.C. It is held in deep snow and temperatures that fall to -40° F. The Seaveys are a family of champions.

    Since we have visited the kennels of several of the Iditerod mushers on our visits to Alaska, we were shocked as we walked onto the grounds of the Seavey estate—shocked by its order and cleanliness. We saw a row of small wooden houses tall enough for a man to enter standing. Each one is equipped with water and electricity. These are the houses for Seavey’s dogs. Each dog has its own personality and preferences. The trainers know which dogs prefer to have a roommate and which prefer to be housed alone. The dogs receive the best possible care, but this doesn’t mean they are pampered. The skin of Alaskan huskies does better if it is never washed or brushed. The dogs often choose to sleep outside in the winter, because they prefer a temperature of about -10° F. They are athletes, and they are trained every day regardless of the weather. They receive a specially formulated high-protein diet and the most elaborate veterinary care.

    We got a glimpse inside this strange world of the Alaskan husky today, and as a part of their daily training, they pulled six of us tourists and a musher around a one-mile course. Hunter, our guide, gave us the most informative presentation about dog sled racing we have ever heard.

    We were honored today to visit with Seavey’s dogs. We got to pet them and thank them for the ride they gave us through a mysteriously beautiful Alaskan forest. We learned also that the real family of champions is not only the two-legged champions that drive the sled, but also the four-legged champions that pull it.    Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 2–4

    Spruce Lodge

    15 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F

    For the next two nights our home will be the Spruce Lodge located just outside of Seward. Owners Brittney and John are native Alaskans who just bought this lovely hotel and have already begun expanding it. This rustic-looking exterior contains rooms that are simple, tasteful and very comfortable. Our room is a studio apartment complete with fridge and a little kitchenette. A second building is already going up, and a coffee shop on the premises has already been built. When we shared with Brittney a need for transportation on Friday, she was more than happy to assist us by offering a special run of the hotel’s shuttle into town. In addition to all of this, we have a wonderful view of spectacular Mount Baker through the window. I daresay that in the future when we come to Seward, one of our favorite places, we will certainly try to make the Spruce Lodge our home while we are here.Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 2

    Alaska Railroad

    15 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 37 °F

    In most of the places I’ve lived railroads were like the frosting on a cake—nice but not essential. If one needed to get from point A to point B, there were several different ways to make the trip. In Alaska the railroad is still crucial. It was begun early in the twentieth century with excess funds left over from the construction of the Panama Canal. They started with some $7 million. Even today only 30% of the towns in Alaska are connected by highways, and of all the roads in Alaska only about 25% are paved. Some towns do not even have roads and can be reached only by airplane or by the railroad. Here the railway is absolutely necessary. Cold weather erodes highways so fast that trucking is not a major industry. Heavy loads must be transported by rail. Today we had the wonderful privilege of boarding a train in Anchorage and traveling down the scenic railroad path to Seward. The natural beauty here is literally breathtaking. On this clear day we saw snowcapped mountains, glaciers, a moose running through the woods, bald eagles and glorious, braided rivers streaming down from melting glaciers. While on the train, we enjoyed a delicious breakfast which included eggs, reindeer sausage, a delicious biscuit and locally roasted coffee. When we arrived in Seward Glenda and I felt as though we were coming home again. It has been only a few months since we were here, and we are ready to explore this place more deeply in the two days until we board the Celebrity Summit.Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 1

    Arrival in Alaska

    14 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F

    At about 8:30 pm, we finally arrived at La Quinta Inn. Just before our airplane landed in Anchorage, we flew over the spectacular Wrangell-St. Elias mountains. Angela was enraptured. Our Boeing 737 was high enough to allow me to see the whole expanse of a 70-mile long glacier. One tidewater glacier lay below us looking like a tiny white carpet, and in the fjord at its base floated a cruise ship with passengers admiring the frozen giant. We’ll be doing the same thing in a couple of days, but now it is good to rest, refresh and prepare for the scenic train ride down to Seward tomorrow.Baca selengkapnya

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  • Angelaska
    Hari 1

    That Toddling Town

    14 Mei, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F

    The lyrics of an old song declare that Chicago is a toddling town. I’m not sure it toddles, but it is certainly an interesting place. For example, when we went for lunch to the Mediterranean Restaurant here in the airport, I heard Spanish, an Arabic dialect and several other languages. Very little English, except for one woman seated at our gate who said that she was from Chicago. From her accent I would guess she was from the southern Appalachian Mountains. This city is as diverse as they come. It is remarkable. My only complaint is that the coffee concession at the airport is not diverse. Starbucks has a monopoly on the coffee shops at O’Hare. There must be 20 coffee shops in the airport, and all of them are marked by pictures of the green lady. The hot coffee was an excellent ending to the chilled chicken salad I had for the midday meal. Randy and I will go to McDonald’s in a minute to grab a bag of burgers for our evening meal on the airplane.

    While we were getting our burgers, I passed a memorial to Lt. Butch O’Hare, the first recipient of the Navy’s Top Gun Award, which he won in 1942. It features an actual Grumman F4F Wildcat. As a tribute to him Chicago named its airport O’Hare Field. He and a colleague developed a maneuver called the Thach Weave, which rendered the Wildcat as an effective opponent of the superior Japanese Zero fighter aircraft. We also passed the skeleton of a dinosaur peering down at the travelers in her airport. I didn’t see any identification, so I assume she was one of the first residents of the Windy City.    Baca selengkapnya

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