Good morning! Today is my glacier hike. I don’t think I mentioned it but I didn’t bring a jacket or coat at all this time. I had a heavy coat in my car ready to go but the night before I looked at the forecast for all of the…

I’ve been wanting to walk on a glacier but I don’t want to have to fly to the glacier. You can’t really drive to glaciers on cruise excursions, but you can from Anchorage.
I looked at a bunch of local companies. Some of them are closed on Sunday. One of…

I just took a Lyft from the airport to my Airbnb. This is the Leopold David House. It was the house of the first mayor of Anchorage. From what I’ve read it’s a law office now, but the stairs around the back lead to my Airbnb.

This is the view…

I decided the Trolley Tour would be a good way to see Anchorage. They have two levels of tour. The $25 tour which just covers downtown. Then the $50 tour which takes you to earthquake park, the float plane airport, and airport park where you can see the city…

Weeks ago I did seat upgrades on my return flights on Air Canada. Exit row with additional legroom. I never did pick seats on my Alaska flights to Anchorage. I was watching videos and a guy was showing how much legroom the standard Alaska seat has saying it’s one…

I just went to Alaska last year with Carnival. That one was a roundtrip from Seattle. The ports were Tracy Arm Fjord, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, Juneau, and Victoria. I loved all of the Alaska ports. Victoria really didn’t have a shot because almost the entire city was closed…