Seeing Alaska is definitely Top-5 on my bucket-list. Any of you ever been to Alaska? Firearm regulations aside, I've always loved the "looks and feel" of the places in Alaska that I've seen on TV. Primarily, I'd prefer the more out-of-the-way places, as opposed to the larger cities like Anchorage, etc. That being said, there are some villages that are only accessible by bush-plane. I'm not sure if I'd enjoy that as a place to live or not.

I would love to to there.

I spent a month in a suburb of Anchorage back when I was 13 visiting my Aunt and Uncle. It was during the summer, I remember it always being bright out and was outside playing with the kids in the neighborhood til 11pm ... and complaining about needing to come in to go to bed.

 

Visited glaciers, old gold mine, whale watching, various huge park/forests for hiking, etc. Very cool stuff. In the neighborhood, looked like a regular suburban neighborhood you would see anywhere, but with really big yards. Also, if you kept walking down in one direction, the road came to a stop with a barrier, and on the other side was a cliff with the most amazing overlook of a bay , mountains, and wilderness. Could see for miles and miles. Was surreal seeing that view in a "suburb".

 

Even living in Anchorage, you were never more than an hour from some serious looking back-country.

Anyone know how the cruises are out there? My Aunt & Uncle went on an Alaskan cruise for their honeymoon. I wonder if it's worth it

Anyone know how the cruises are out there? My Aunt & Uncle went on an Alaskan cruise for their honeymoon. I wonder if it's worth it

 

This is what I was thinking about as well

 

The cruises are nice, a lot of stuff is not really reachable by road in a practical sense.

You can also take the Alaska state ferry system and visit the same ports without the "organized joy" of a cruise ship.

I caught mono after my Alaska cruise, kind of took some of the charm away.

Anyone know how the cruises are out there? My Aunt & Uncle went on an Alaskan cruise for their honeymoon. I wonder if it's worth it

This is what I was thinking about as well

The cruises are nice, a lot of stuff is not really reachable by road in a practical sense.

You can also take the Alaska state ferry system and visit the same ports without the "organized joy" of a cruise ship.

I caught mono after my Alaska cruise, kind of took some of the charm away.

 

Boarded Royal Carribean out of Vancouver for 7 days up the Inside Passage. A great trip and loved every minute of it including the hiking on the glaciers and the mush camp where you learn how to dog sled. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Boarded Royal Carribean out of Vancouver for 7 days up the Inside Passage. A great trip and loved every minute of it including the hiking on the glaciers and the mush camp where you learn how to dog sled. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

 

What month did you go? Is it too cold in November/December?

What month did you go? Is it too cold in November/December?

 

First week of August. Temp on board the ship was in the 70's. Near the Hubbard Glacier at 6AM it was 35 ͦ F. Shot 2,400 photos on that trip.

Too cold in wintertime then. That's out for the honeymoon

Years ago, I researched the available Alaska cruises. Problem was, back then, is there was no place local to start the cruise. You had to pay to get on a plane to travel northwest to pick up the cruise ship there. Then, you have the cost of the actual cruise, which I recall being a couple/few thousand dollars per person. My problem is, with watchimg all these cool Alaska based TV shows, it's reaaly peeked my interests again.

Sent 5 weeks floating/stickbow hunting the moose john river (swift and Kissikwom tributary) in 82 via Avon raft, rained for the better part of 25 days. Not for the faint of heart and your partners need to be rock solid. Went back via cruise ship with wife nice and comfy but it is not really Alaska.

i was in the forest service in SE alaska. 4 months over the summer of 97

Too cold in wintertime then. That's out for the honeymoon

 

Nick if you want to do a cruse you could always contact my wife, she owns a travel agency and is getting into selling more cruses lately. If you want her number or E-mail let me know. She's really busy doing tax's right now but she sould have a little time to check some stuff out for you.

Years ago, I researched the available Alaska cruises. Problem was, back then, is there was no place local to start the cruise. You had to pay to get on a plane to travel northwest to pick up the cruise ship there.

 

Ray, Please you're making this tooooo easy on me,, leme work for it at least...

Cruises southbound, you fly to Anchorage and they bus you from the convention center to the port (Seward?) a few hours drive.

You arrive into Vancouver, so as to avoid provisions of the Jones Act which would require an American crew if you don't touch a foreign port.

We stopped in Sitka, Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan.

The ship does catch a bit of a roll in the open water of the Gulf of Alaska.

The casino is open every night too.

We went in July, they only operate in the summer, then the ships move someplace else.