Bob and Leigh's Alaskan Anniversary Adventure!: Tuesday May 19

On May 18^th Bob and I will celebrate our 30^th anniversary! To celebrate, we’re taking a couple of weeks off and heading back to the Pacific Northwest. We’re starting with a cruise to Alaska (Coerced by the Cruise Monkey again!) Neither of us has ever been to Alaska, so we thought it would an interesting destination and also give us a chance to spend some time afterwards in the Seattle area.

We were actually at sea for our 1^st anniversary, so it will be especially nice to be able to celebrate our 30^th at sea too.

We’ll try and keep the blog up-to-date on our trip, however as we learned on our last adventure, this is not always easy to do! Internet connectivity is both limited and expensive on board ship, but we’ll do our best to keep on top of it.

We’re very excited and can’t wait to share our photos and journaling with you!

North to Alaska!

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Tuesday May 19 - Skagway

Today's port was Skagway. We took a train ride aboard the White Pass & Yukon Route (WPYR) railway, which follows the Yukon Trail taken by prospectors during the Gold Rush. The route climbs from sea level to White Pass Summit and the U.S./Canadian border at 2,865 feet.