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Friday, September 23, 2022. Today is our final time on the Wilderness Discoverer for this journey. We arrived in Seattle early in the morning. Although I took a photo form the bow at roughly 6:30 a.m., we had already arrived in Seattle. During our arrival, I took some video as […]

Thursday, September 22, 2022. Today is our last full day on the Wilderness Discoverer. As usual, I was awake about 6 a.m. and took another photo from the bow of the ship. We arrive in Seattle about 6:30 a.m. tomorrow so we had to finish the majority of packing this […]

Wednesday, September 21, 2022. We passed through Queen Charlotte Sound overnight. This is part of the Inside Passage shipping route. The waters were rather choppy overnight as we were not shielded from the Pacific Ocean as much as when we were traveling through Hecate Strait and shielded by various islands […]

Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Again, I got up at 6 a.m. and did another photo from the bow. After breakfast, Kin identified the duck we saw at the beaver pond [Friday, September 16, 2022] as a common golden eye duck. It is great to have individuals (Kin especially) who know […]

Monday, September 19, 2022. Arose at 6 a.m. and took another photo from the bow. We are now in Mystic Fjords National Monument. In an area called God’s Pocket. Most of the time we average 8.5 knots when moving from one spot to another. According to the book “Roadside Geology […]

Sunday, September 18, 2022. Arose at 6 a.m. again and took another photo from the bow of the Wilderness Discoverer. We visit Traitors Cove in the morning and Ketchikan in the late afternoon. We decided on another “eco meander” at Traitors Cove this morning. Personally, I like the pace of […]

Saturday, September 17, 2022. Awakened by crew at 1:45 a.m. to see the Northern Lights again. They were somewhat dim; however, this is the second time I have now seen them. The display lasted until about 2:20 a.m. I, then, went back to sleep. I arose about 6 a.m. and […]

Friday, September 16, 2022. We have now been traveling for a week. I find this hard to believe having experienced so much already. This has been the “trip of a lifetime” already. I feel so fortunate to have experienced many such trips over my life so far. I feel very […]

Thursday, September 15, 2022. The Ides of September. Awoke as usual at 6 a.m. and took another photo from the bow of the Wilderness Discoverer. Today, we travel to Sitka. This was the original state capital and the location where Russia handed over Alaska to the U.S. in 1867. Breakfast […]

September 14, 2022, Wednesday. I awoke at 6 a.m. We traveled over 140 miles since we raised anchor yesterday. We are now anchored near Big Bear Baby Bear State Marine Park. Breakfast started at 7:30. Sausage links, quiche with puff, cranberry white chocolate muffins. A great start to the day […]

September 13, 2022 (Tuesday). Woke up about 6 a.m. The ship had stopped before 1 a.m. We had traveled roughly 30 miles overnight. We started the day in North Sandy Cove (adjacent to Puffin Island). Took an initial walk about the sun deck around 6:15 a.m. and we heard wolf […]

Monday, September 12, 2022. I awoke about 6 a.m. It was very foggy initially. Went out to the deck and took a photo from the bow. Breakfast was served at 7:30 a.m. Another excellent buffet and we met some new friends. We are sitting with different people each day. We […]

As I write this, today is September 11. I always reflect on that tragic day. Jeri and I were stunned watching the news feeds that morning. Never forget. Today is the day we start our 12 day cruise along the Inside Passage to Seattle. There will be no Internet or […]

Our first full day in Juneau. We walked around a bit before breakfast and discovered many of the shops and restaurants are no longer open early for travelers. After a bit of a walk around the city, we ended up back at the Baranhof Hotel for breakfast. The hotel was […]