<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Alaska-Cruising on Late Blooms</title><link>/tags/alaska-cruising/</link><description>Recent content in Alaska-Cruising on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/alaska-cruising/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Visiting Alaska</title><link>/posts/visiting-alaska/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/visiting-alaska/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_4000&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignnone&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;4320&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2018/Visiting-alaska/i-5g9JGc2/0/K6Hs5J89PJHX54fC7hH4st7Nv627vmWw9v5HqMTgG/D/DSC05975-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2018/Visiting-alaska/i-5g9JGc2/0/K6Hs5J89PJHX54fC7hH4st7Nv627vmWw9v5HqMTgG/D/DSC05975-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;strong&gt;Our first view of Alaska as we approached Anchorage. Taken on the aircraft.&lt;/strong&gt;[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_3998&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignnone&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;3648&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2018/Visiting-alaska/i-hb7cXn6/0/Ldq7HTjBWH94TLBGJ9qqFNHqT4KKfdfnKm87GfjxC/D/SAM_1702-1-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2018/Visiting-alaska/i-hb7cXn6/0/Ldq7HTjBWH94TLBGJ9qqFNHqT4KKfdfnKm87GfjxC/D/SAM_1702-1-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.” ― Alec Waugh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a first-time visitor to Alaska, I&amp;rsquo;m happy to say that it was love at first sight.   I had seen pictures of Alaska that showed its natural, rugged beauty.  Nothing had prepared me for how unspoilt it really is though.  My husband and I began our Alaska adventure on May 27th travelling on Holland America&amp;rsquo;s &amp;quot; MS Noordam.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>