Our last day in Alaska! We flew out of Anchorage on one of the apparently five flights that go through Anchorage's airport each day, and I said goodbye to the last frontier (not to be confused with the final frontier, space).  If you happen to be flying in that area, I highly recommend Air Canada. Our plane was really new, and they had episodes of ( Read more... )

 

I hate to use the word “amazing” because it makes me sound like a youth group kid, but glaciers are amazing. They’re gigantic even compared to our humongous ship, and they make gunshot noises when they calf (parts fall off). They move seven feet per day and are constantly changing shape, even as you watch. I never thought a piece of ice could be so ( Read more... )

 I’m posting these a day behind, in case you’re keeping track.

Usually, when I go on vacation with my family, I take advantage of any time changes to adjust to their godawful early schedule.  It’s effective, but it will only work for about a week.

My clock fully caught up today, right on schedule. We had to get up at 6 to go on this train ( Read more... )

1. No matter how much you might think you like a certain food, you can reach a point where you have eaten so much of said food that you could never look at it again for as long as you live and die happy. I have reached that point with salmon. I love(d) salmon, but I’ve eaten it for at minimum 2 out of 3 meals for the ( Read more... )

You’d think Alaska would be cold, and it is, but only at night. Daytime is as warm as any other place, and as a bonus there’s salmon jumping around.

I’m adjusting to ship life. My main activities include eating, watching for whales, gambling, and trying to stave off obesity by either working out or climbing stairs. I’ve never been legal to ( Read more... )

I saw whales! And seals! That I enjoyed.

Tomorrow we get off the ship for a while and explore Ketchikan. There’s allegedly a Wal-Mart. My grandparents are really excited about it.

 I’ve never been on a cruise before, and it’s weird. It’s like a mini hotel, but then you look out the window and theres an ocean and seals. Our boat (ship,whatev) is big, so seasickness hasn’t been the issue I thought it would be. Even so, I have my nausea bracelet handy. It’s a plain black wristband that actually makes me feel a little bad ass ( Read more... )

 Very little to report. We walked, we ate, then we walked some more and ate some more. My grandparents, aunt, and cousin came today. My aunt and I got into an argument about the Harry Potter 6 movie (Just a basic difference of opinion. I was right, she was not). The food was much, much better today. Stick with Asian in the Pacific Northwest.

Gays, ( Read more... )

 A.K.A THE DAY WE WALKED FRIGGIN' EVERYWHERE. I have 2 giant matching blisters to prove it ( Read more... )