After another short overnight trip the Serenade of the Seas got us to Ketchikan. We had scheduled a boat trip to the Mystic Fiords. It took about 2 hours to get into the water passages but the trip was well worth it. The scenery was spectacular and majestic. We didn’t see any wildlife except for... Continue Reading →

After a night sail we arrived in Sitka. We had no trips or tours scheduled so we were going to just “hang out”. After a shuttle ride from our port dock thru the “suburbs” (lol) we got to town. Pretty much only a coupe streets. We moseyed around doing some shopping and site seeing. We... Continue Reading →

On Monday, August 16 Jen and I started our 7 day adventure to explore southeast Alaska. We boarded the Serenade of the Seas. This is a medium size cruise ship that can accommodate 2500 passengers. Due to COVID we left port with about 900 guests. Besides having to test negative, we had to wear a... Continue Reading →

After a very very long exile from travel (except for two trips to Florida and a spring ski trip to Colorado) I had to scratch my wanderlust itch. My niece and I set off on an adventure across the US and up to Alaska. We flew out of Cleveland. I drove the “Z” and parked... Continue Reading →