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William Henry Hyams, Ph.D.
Joined: 02/20/10 Posts: 78 View Profile |
Alaska 2019 Hyams Vac Posted Sunday, October 20, 2019 09:22 AM Alaska Sea & Land Vacation- 2019 What we wanted: Something special for 50th, More national parks, Longer cruise(third cruise for us) Chance to see some of Alaska, mountains, glaciers and wildlife: July: 20th - Drive to DFW after Monroe flight frustration; Fly to Vancouver; 21st - Tour bus picks us up with luggage for city tour of Vancouver, drops us off with luggage at Holland America cruise ship; Begin Inside Passage route; Stateroom called Veranda where we can see sights without going to deck!!!! Hard to believe we were on a boat since no rough seas. We were on port side but think starboard was a little better. 22nd - Scenic Cruising; 23rd - Ketchikan; Misty Fjords Seaplane Adventure; Flew in and out instead of flying in and boating out....because of seaplane collision!! Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show(lame) 24th - Juneau; Whale Watching, Mendenhall Glacier & Orca Point Lodge Meal(ok) as Best of Juneau excursion, Mt Roberts tramway; Neat. 25th - Skagway; Street Car City Tour; White Pass Rail, Klondike Highway & Liarsville Gold Camp; Liarsville was really lame) 26th - Glacier Bay; NP Rangers boarded ship; really enjoyed this trip into the bay; 27th - Sea Day 28th - Debark Ship at Seward; End of sea part, now start land part; Denali Coach drive to Denali; McKinley Chalet Resort; Really nice place to be!! 29th - Tundra Wilderness Tour Denali; Really, really liked this. 30th - Denali Day at Leisure; Trails around visitor center- McKinley Station ranger-led trail, Horseshoe Lake Trail and Mountain Vista Trail at mile 12----Horseshoe the best; 31st - Transfer Hotel/ Rail Depot; McKinley Explorer(train trip was great) Talkeetna; Westmark Anchorage Hotel; August: 1st - Visit Kenai Fjords NP; Exit Glacier; Glacier Dinner Cruise; this was perhaps our best day!!!! 2nd - Red eye to DFW; Drive home So three national parks, train, floatplane, glaciers and whales. Not bad. Biggest disappointment: Never saw Mt. Denali! I am now at 45 national parks with Marilyn at 41. |
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