Grace graduated from Haverford on May 17, 2015, and she and I started our post-graduation mother-daughter trip just two days later, flying out of Newark on a red-eye on May 19. After a short layover in Munich (uber-efficient airport, very…
ALASKA! Part 12: Seward and Hope
OK, I’m fudging this a bit, because some of these photos were taken from Day 11. We got into Seward in the late afternoon after having fished all day in the semi-rain on the Russian River, and we were really…
ALASKA! Part 11: Fly-fishing on the Kenai Peninsula
I woke up in a really cozy bed, but where was I, and what was that noise above me? It took me a few minutes to figure it out: I was staying in a fishing lodge on the Kenai Peninsula,…
ALASKA! Part 10: Ketchikan and travel to the Kenai Peninsula
We woke up in Ketchikan, the ship’s final destination, and disembarked, passing through a “receiving line” of the staff, although I guess it was a departure line. This was such a small ship that you met most of the staff…
ALASKA! Part 9: Misty Fiords
Our last full day on the Wilderness Adventurer was an easy one…the most strenuous thing I did was push the button on my camera. We could have opted for a more strenuous activity in the morning, but we’d been…
ALASKA! Part 8: Bear country
On Thursday, our fifth full day on the Wilderness Adventurer, we woke up in yet another beautiful cove. Yeah, this really sucks. We chose to go on a forest hike in the morning. The hike was on an old logging road,…
ALASKA! Part 7: Wrangell Island, Stand-up Paddling and Northern Lights
We woke up to the sound of our boat’s fog horn. I don’t think I’ve ever been in fog this thick – the visibility was perhaps 15 feet. We couldn’t see a thing, but my phone was working and I…
ALASKA! Part 6: Scenery Cove, Baird Glacier and Cascade Creek
Scenery Cove: The name sums it up. That’s where we woke up on Tuesday. And it was mostly sunny out! The view from our cabin. After enjoying the decent weather for a while, we took a skiff to a beach…
ALASKA! Part 5: Muskegs and whales
Mist is part of the scenery in Southeast Alaska – or at least it was while we were there. On Monday, the second full day of our Uncruise and 5th day of our Alaska trip, we woke up in yet…
ALASKA! Part 4: First Day on the Wilderness Adventurer/Tracy Arm and South Sawyer Glacier
Melanie Tucker (Rare Finds Travel) had told us that if we wanted to cruise in Southeast Alaska, the Uncruise line was the way to go. She was so right. We loved this cruise from start to finish. The Wilderness Adventurer…