アメリカWashingtonKing CountyQueen AnneSmith Cove Waterway47°37’38” N 122°22’60” W 2018年9月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
... Starbucks, and now, the shopper’s friend, Amazon!
Arrived in the city at 9 am - learned a lot about paramedics (that was our driver’s full time job) - and he said that the principal cause ofもっと詳しく
2018年9月8日 ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
So, a day at sea, and a fascinating talk this morning by marine researcher, Brent Nixon. He said: if you see birds, then there’ll be whales nearby!
As the day went on, we looked for signs of animalもっと詳しく
アメリカAlaskaKetchikanKetchikan Harbor55°20’33” N 131°39’4” W
2018年9月9日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
14,000 year long population, swelled by cruise ship passengers. Our trolley bus guide told us that, last week, there were 4 ships in and the visitors almost outnumbered the residents. Today there areもっと詳しく
2018年9月10日 ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Well, we were unlucky last year when we sailed up Doubtful Sound and Milford Sound in NZ: it rained and rained, we didn’t see anything of Doubtful, but we did see the waterfalls in Milford.
Notもっと詳しく
アメリカAlaskaJuneau City and BoroughMendenhavenNugget Creek58°25’4” N 134°32’47” W
2018年9月10日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
23C in Juneau today - unusually warm and sunny, and we’re so far North!
The Juneau Ice Field feeds a number of glaciers, and the tourist attraction is Mendenhall Glacier, about 5 miles out of town.もっと詳しく
アメリカAlaskaSkagwaySkagway Seaplane Base59°26’15” N 135°20’4” W
2018年9月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
A very small town with an interesting history and pivotal role in the Klondike gold rush:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagway,_Alaska
Our first stop if the day was to the Iditarod sled dogもっと詳しく
カナダBritish ColumbiaBernard Lake59°43’4” N 135°2’37” W 2018年9月11日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
After the dogs, the bus took us over the White Pass at 3200’ to Fraser. So, we left the US and entered Canada (briefly).
On the vintage train back - the W P & Y R (White Pass & Yukon Route), weもっと詳しく
2018年9月13日 ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Coming to the end of nearly 2 days at sea, we got all excited on Tuesday night, as we’d been told there was a high chance of a Category 6 (?) Aurora Borealis between 11pm and 3 am.
So, after aもっと詳しく
アメリカWashingtonKing CountyBow Lake47°26’20” N 122°18’9” W
イングランドHolmes Chapel53°12’33” N 2°22’26” W
2018年9月15日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
BA - In economy (us), 2 of the 4 “washrooms” unserviceable, headphone socket not working, people allowed to bring on more than one case and some with ones so big they took up the whole overheadもっと詳しく
旅行者 Relax and enjoy the cruise, your weather looks great, its rubbish here today we have rain all day luv mike and mo x
旅行者 Looking forward to hearing all about Alaska , loving your blog ! X Verene
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Stayed here in 1996, with the boys