Blogs from Anchorage, Alaska, United States, North America - page 11

This was our flight day to Anchorage. We had a minor delay at DFW, but arrived safely. One suitcase arrived minus a wheel, which proved to be a challenge until the last day of our travel when John's friend offered a luggage cart which was SO much appreciated on the final legs of the trip. After collecting our luggage, the shuttle from airport to hotel arrived quickly and we were soon settled into the Ramada Inn Anchorage. The hotel has been recently updated with spa-style shower and decorator touches in the rooms but maintains a historical feel with the many framed photos from early years of the city. We had dinner at the Slippery Salmon next door to the hotel. John enjoyed Reindeer Hot Dog for dinner and I had salmon chowder. We visited with another ... read more

Day 2: First day of Silver Salmon fishing We all slept well after a full day of fighting halibut and woke up early to be at the Yakutat airport (if that’s what you can call it) to board the bush plane and head to the Tsiu River (pronounced si-u). There are two pictures of the plane below. It definitely wasn’t Delta Airlines, but the ride felt very safe. The views out of the window were incredible the entire flight. I included a picture below that shows my view out of my window the entire flight. After about an hour of flight time, we arrived at the river and landed directly next to the lodge (picture of runway is included, once again, definitely not Delta Airlines). The entire camp staff was outside waiting for the plane and ... read more

Hopefully pictures work here, sometimes this blog site doesnt upload the photos, but I'll keep trying.... read more

Figured out how to load more photos, so here are a few more to add to the previous ones. We are packing up this morning and boarding the bush plane to head to camp, more to come later tonight.... read more

It has been a while since my last update and so much has happened - I also did not have internet connectivity while cruising on the Inner passage which meant maintaining a blog was always going to be difficult. Since the last blog I have been to : 1) Vancouver Island, Canada - splendid memories of the hotel we stayed in - the Fairmont Empress built some 100 years ago and the famous Butchart Gardens in place for over 103 years. 2) Vancouver - High density city with the special memories being the Capalino suspension bridge and the Lion Gate bridge 3) The Inner passage cruise over 7 days which started in Vancouver and finished in Seward, Alaska - special memories of the the ship which carried 2700 paying passengers and 1300 cruise staff, a sea ... read more