Alaska on Late Blooms

Alaskan Cruise - Ports of Call

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This post is about the ports our cruise ship stopped at on our Alaskan visit. My two earlier posts were also about this wonderful journey and some of my experiences there. We sailed on the MS Noordam on May 27th, 2018 and returned last Sunday, June 3rd. An amazing trip!

HAINES, ALASKA

[caption id=“attachment_4040” align=“alignnone” width=“525”] The population of Haines is small - about 2,400 people. I got the feeling that I had gone back in time and that this place was a quiet, peaceful place.[/caption]

Cruising in Glacier Bay, Alaska

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

“The mountains are calling and I must go.” ~ John Muir

Glacier Bay National Park was one of the highlights of our Alaska visit. It’s designated a World Heritage Site. We were able to see tidewater glaciers, get close up to inlets carved by the ice, and just bask in the silence and the peace of this wilderness experience. It’s easy to become camera-happy here and take the same or similar views over and over again.

Visiting Alaska

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_4000” align=“alignnone” width=“4320”] Our first view of Alaska as we approached Anchorage. Taken on the aircraft.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_3998” align=“alignnone” width=“3648”] “You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.” ― Alec Waugh[/caption]

As a first-time visitor to Alaska, I’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’s " MS Noordam."