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Alaska: A long long time ago… but still June 28th
So when I was a kid, I had the opportunity to go on a trip through Canada and on to Alaska and (sort of) back through the US. This was a big deal in my house, I didn’t get sent away to camp for the...
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VIA Train Travel – The Super Continental
So yesterday we boarded “Canada National’s Finest Train” The Super Continental. While the route goes across most of Canada, we will get off at Edmonton. Map courtesy of Wikipedia. We’re on the train...
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Four hours in Winnipeg, Canada
We had a four hour break from the train in Winnipeg (the capitol of Manitobe) and listed as “where the prairies begin” (that’s from my trip notes). I wrote: We stopped in Winnipeg (still taking train)....
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Visiting Calgary, Canada
So we left Edmonton by bus and pretty much “goofed around all day” after we got to Calgary. Our group waiting for the bus to Calgary These are on the ride from Edmunton to Calgary. The last two photos...
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Chateau Lake Louise
Today we left Calgary on the bus to head to Chateau Lake Louise. The itinerary says “After leaving Calgary, gradually, the foothills gain height as you rider and almost before you know it, you are in...
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From Chateau Lake Louise to Kamloops!
Unfortunately, we didn’t get enough time at Chateau Lake Louise we were up at 7 am and out of there by 10 am. I did get a chance to take a few more pictures before we had to take off. It really was a...
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To the University of British Columbia
Today we left Kamloops and headed over to Vancouver. It was a pretty normal day and I talked to my mom on the phone; multiple other days I’d made notes that I couldn’t reach her (where were you mom?!?)...
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Vancouver and on to Alaska
So we ran around the Vancouver area today. I can’t remember what all the photos were but I’ll try to piece it all together. We did get a tour of the University of British Columbia campus (I really...
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All around and about the Princess Patricia
So we left Vancouver yesterday evening and we’re on our way to Alaska aboard the Princess Patricia. From the itinerary we’re in the Seymour Narrows and Johnstone Strait and then through Queen Charlotte...
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Ketchikan and Wrangell, Alaska
So it’s our first day in Alaska! We crossed the border sometime in the night and we arrived at Ketchikan in the morning around 7:30 am.. It’s a little grey out but it’s a town in Alaska!!!!! We were...
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Mendenhall glacier and Juneau, Alaska
From my Journal – Breakfast is always the same, I picked up a menu so people at home could see it. I put the menu in an entry from a few days ago, so I won’t put it here again. What’s funny is that it...
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Glacier Bay, Alaska
I believe that this is the farthest north that we go on the Alaska cruise. We started our day with Mount Fairweather and Glacier Bay. Actually, I believe Mt. Fairweather is above Glacier Bay so we kind...
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Easy going day as we head back towards Canada down the Alaskan coast
Today there was really not much to do, which I find odd since there were so many activities all the other other days. We crossed back into Canada at 2 and stopped into Prince Rupert around 6pm. The...
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A day of cruising and relaxation on the ship
Another day without many activities on the boat. I have no idea why they wouldn’t have had the captain’s dinner or the costume party on one of these slow days. From my journal: 10 am – I just keep...
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Vancouver to Seattle, Washington.
From the itinerary, “Our wonderful cruise ended at 9am as we arrived in Vancouver and hopped on a bus to take us to Seattle. We visited some special exhibits at the Century 21 Center (which I don’t...
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Mt. Rainer National Park
According to the itinerary “Mount Rainer is 14,400 feet and capped with 26 glaciers. Mt. Rainer is the greatest single scenic attrition in the entire Pacific Northwest.” From my journal: 8 am – Feeling...
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Washington outdoors.
I got a postcard from Mom! She sent it to the hotel from when she was up north with my Aunt Nola last week! It’s of the Mackinaw Bridge which is huge and connects the upper and lower peninsula’s of...
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Playing in Chicago (and a mini adventure in the middle of nowhere)
So we were pretty bored on the train, it was 40 hours so far and I was pretty stir crazy. We’d stopped at some towns but nothing for more than a few minutes (We stopped in St. Payl / Minneapolis, MN...
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Back to Michigan from Canada, Alaska, Chicago and everywhere in-between.
So we got up this morning and boarded a chartered bus from Chicago and back to the Detroit area. It was a long bus ride and we arrived tired and I recall it being really really hot when we arrived (a...
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Edward J. Kuhn 1923-2013
A few days ago, I was wondering some things about the Alaska trip: how long Mr. Kuhn had done it for or if anyone else had ever posted pictures at some point in time, so I went to internet to see what...
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