Alaska
Well, we made it to Alaska and back.
Apparently the weather last week was around 80 and sunny. During our trip, however, it was cold (like 55), rainy, foggy, and occassionally "sleety". Despite the less than perfect weather, it ended up being a really great trip. I will give you a brief summary of our days...
Wednesday: Jon and I drove to Baltimore for our flight at 8. It was a 5 hour flight with no problems, and though in our time we got there around midnight or so, on their time it was only 9:30. We probably got to the actual hotel around 11 and went to bed!
Thursday: Jon and I walked over to the Space Needle and took a look, then went into the Science Fiction Museum where they actually had a Jim Henson exhibit that ended two days afterwards! Lucky us! It was really awesome. We met up with Jon's parents and walked to Pike Place Market (in the rain) where we got dinner and gaped at the sights in the market itself. My parents arrived around 11 pm to the hotel room, but I was pretty much already asleep.
Friday: We took the fam to the Space Needle and all went up in it, then dropped our bags off at the ship. We then walked the Market a bit more and picked up some souvenirs. We got on the ship around 2:30. Jon and I quickly walked the whole ship, then at night we met up with everyone for dinner at 8:30.
Sat: At Sea. I spent a good two hours laying in the sun under two wool blankets soaking up the warmth. It was beautiful but around 63 and windy... still, very enjoyable. It was our formal night so we got all dressed up and went to specialty dining. It was delicious. I will post a pic of dessert at the end. MMmmmm.
Sunday: Ketchikan, AK and now 4 hours behind Philly. I sleep wonderfully on the ship, so it was great from that perspective. We zip lined through part of Tongass National Forest - a temperate rainforest. Beautiful. We did not see any bears or moose or anything unfortunately. Zip lining was a BLAST.
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I think I will have to finish this later... there is a lot of packing and cleaning to do!
Apparently the weather last week was around 80 and sunny. During our trip, however, it was cold (like 55), rainy, foggy, and occassionally "sleety". Despite the less than perfect weather, it ended up being a really great trip. I will give you a brief summary of our days...
Wednesday: Jon and I drove to Baltimore for our flight at 8. It was a 5 hour flight with no problems, and though in our time we got there around midnight or so, on their time it was only 9:30. We probably got to the actual hotel around 11 and went to bed!
Thursday: Jon and I walked over to the Space Needle and took a look, then went into the Science Fiction Museum where they actually had a Jim Henson exhibit that ended two days afterwards! Lucky us! It was really awesome. We met up with Jon's parents and walked to Pike Place Market (in the rain) where we got dinner and gaped at the sights in the market itself. My parents arrived around 11 pm to the hotel room, but I was pretty much already asleep.
Friday: We took the fam to the Space Needle and all went up in it, then dropped our bags off at the ship. We then walked the Market a bit more and picked up some souvenirs. We got on the ship around 2:30. Jon and I quickly walked the whole ship, then at night we met up with everyone for dinner at 8:30.
Sat: At Sea. I spent a good two hours laying in the sun under two wool blankets soaking up the warmth. It was beautiful but around 63 and windy... still, very enjoyable. It was our formal night so we got all dressed up and went to specialty dining. It was delicious. I will post a pic of dessert at the end. MMmmmm.
Sunday: Ketchikan, AK and now 4 hours behind Philly. I sleep wonderfully on the ship, so it was great from that perspective. We zip lined through part of Tongass National Forest - a temperate rainforest. Beautiful. We did not see any bears or moose or anything unfortunately. Zip lining was a BLAST.
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I think I will have to finish this later... there is a lot of packing and cleaning to do!
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