Tag: Holland America
Alaska – Discovery III Riverboat Cruise in Fairbanks
We left Denali by bus headed to Fairbanks. We stopped in the town of Nenana, AK, the home of the Nenana Ice Classic. This contest…
Alaska – Denali National Park
Our bus tour into Denali National Park started about 11:00 in the morning. It was scheduled to be a 5 1/2 hour trip, travelling about…
Alaska – McKinley Chalet Resort
After a great train ride from Anchorage, we are just outside the park at the McKinley Chalet Resort. This resort is also owned by Holland…
Alaska – Train from Anchorage to Denali – Part 2
Although seeing Mt. Denali in the sunlight was a highlight of our trip, the other views were also amazing. There was more of the fireweed…
Alaska – Train from Anchorage to Denali – Part 1
After spending the afternoon and evening in Anchorage, we boarded the train to Denali. What is now the Alaska Railroad started in 1903 in Seward. …
Alaska – Whittier to Anchorage
Our ship docked in Whittier, AK. There isn’t much to Whittier other than docks for cruise ships. Most of the residents all live in the…
Alaska – College Fjord
We spent most of the day at sea travelling from Glacier Bay toward College Fjord. We woke up this morning to the sounds of our…
Skagway -Taiya River Rafting
We found ourselves back at the Taiya River at the end of our hike. Drake, our tour guide, now became our raft pilot. We floated…
Skagway – Chilkoot Pass Trail
As I described in an earlier post, there were two primary trails used to get from Skagway to the gold fields. In the previous post,…
Skagway – White Pass & Yukon Railroad
There were two trails from Skagway to the gold fields. The longer, less steep trail went up to White Pass. The White Pass & Yukon…