Category: Travel Journey
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Ketchikan, Alaska Sept. 24, & Victoria, BC, Canada Sept. 26, 2026
Ketchikan has my second favorite Alaskan shopping spot, “Creek Street!” The best part was being blessed by sunny weather, which in Ketchikan is a miracle! The Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Apparently January 20th is a pretty good day for beginnings. The Empress Hotel opened January 20, 1809 and that’s my birthday too! It was built…
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Sitka, Alaska Sept. 23, 2026
Wow! What a fabulous day! This our first time to Sitka! Our tour was a double feature: Raptor Center & Fortress of the Bear. Salmon Surprise! But our first stop was a mini luncheon featuring the best King Salmon I’ve ever had! This added snack was a total surprise to us & other guests as…
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Icy Strait Point 9/22/2026
Icy Strait Point is located on Chichagof Island. Hoonah is the actual town. We didn’t visit, because we’ve both been to Hoonah before. Our cruise ship, docked at Icy Strait Point We rode the Skypeak Gondola to the top and then headed to our “Forest Excursion.” The rain forest excursion was a tram ride, which…
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The town of Skagway & beautiful in the extreme Glacier Bay Sept. 20-21, 2026
Steady rain today, 9/20/26 in Skagway, Alaska! We went to Robbin’s favorite Alaskan shop, The Golden Bear! Reunion with Joe, & met cousin Ezra. Michael & Uncle Nick are already back home. Drat! Back to our stateroom for room service! The hamburgers were very good!👍 Robbin did watercolor painting, Barry watched football, AKA he took…
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16 Day Alaskan Cruise Sept 14-30 2026, round trip Los Angeles. 1st port Juneau, Alaska
This is the pool, Robbin usually swims laps in, however, due to slightly rough seas and freezing cold weather, Miss Robbin didn’t swim! …yet! As our destination is Alaska, it isn’t looking good! 😬😬😳 No rain, no rainbows!🌈 …The gym isn’t crowded at 5:30AM! 😎 On our next specialty dinner was an Italian dinner at…
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La Paz Jan. 3rd and Loreto Jan 4th, 2026
La Paz: We took the shuttle into the downtown area, Centro. It’s a cute little waterfront town. It’s not as compressed as Cabo.😉 Loreto Me encanta Loreto! Loreto is a charming coastal town on Mexico’s serene Baja California Peninsula. I ventured out for sightseeing and shopping on my own as Barry was under the weather.…
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Cabo San Lucas snorkeling excursion January 2, 2026
What an amazing adventure! The snorkeling was fantastic. We went to a lovely cove in the Sea of Cortez. Lots of different, interesting fish, including parrot fish, puffer fish and many other cool fish. After going to deck 15 to get a towel, I had to photograph the sunrise. I did a 8:30-12:00 excursion on…
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Mexican Riviera Cruise begins Dec 30, 2025 with Cabo San Lucas
Our journey continues…on this 10 day cruise. Bon voyage! New Year’s Eve! Cabo San Lucas January 1st-2nd, 2026 Happy New Year! What does one do on new year’s day onboard the Emerald Princess? …Watch the Rose Parade of course! Robbin’s hometown, Burbank. Yes, it won a prize! 🌹 Cabo San Lucas! Cabo’s Sea of Cortez…
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Dec. 26-30th 2025
Patricia & Larry disembarked and drove home. 😟🥲🥲 We walked off and showed our passports and got right back onboard! Sweet 😎😎😎 Of course our first stop was a bon voyage cocktail at Crooner’s. 🍹🍸🍹We are traveling to Cabo, La Paz, Loreto, and Puerto Vallarta. Ole! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
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Christmas holiday Emerald Princess style!Dec 24, 2025 and beyond
Christmas Eve Heading to Ensenada, in the meantime we are enjoying 5 sea days before this cruise ends. We will stay onboard and cruise to Mexico next! Same Reserve Class mini-suite stateroom, D418. No cooking nor cleaning for 26 days! How suite it is! Did I mention, we have free laundry as we are Elite…
