Black Bear with Salmon

Alaska – Ketchikan’s Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary

Holland America Lines offers several excursions for each port where we stop.  We chose a hike in the Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary. Many trees were covered…
Ketchikan, Alaska, in the Morning Mist

Alaska – Entering and Visiting Ketchikan

Our ship sailed into Ketchikan early Tuesday morning with partly sunny skies.  There was still a bit of morning color as the fog lifted.  …

Alaska Day 2 – Cruising the Beautiful Inside Passage

We woke up to the sound of a fog horn from our ship. You had to look down to see anything, but wake of the…
Holland America Lines Noordam

Alaskan Cruise Day 1 – Vancouver

Rose and I finally were able to take our Alaskan cruise.  We started planning in 2019 and had the trip postponed twice due to Covid. …