Wednesday, June 6, 2007

June 2006 - Alaska Itinerary

I'm sure, over time, Holland America will let this link expire - but in the meantime, here's our tour (# 21):

http://www.hollandamerica.com/dest/dest.do?dest=010020&region=A04

Here's a site with some good maps of where we are going. The Interactive Map of Alaska's Cities and Towns, on this page, is especially good. Just click a town, and you are presented with information about that town.

http://www.travelalaska.com/Maps/Index.aspx

Friday - June 8 - Travel from home to Vancouver, Canada, and board ship, the ms Volendam, about 1:00 in the afternoon. Our stateroom is already assigned - a verandah suite on the port side.

We'll leave port at 5:00 p.m., heading toward Ketchikan.

Saturday - June 9 - Inside passage scenic cruising

Sunday - June 10 - Arrive at Ketchikan at 7:00 a.m.

At 10:00 a.m., we'll take in the Misty Fjords Boat Cruise & Floatplane Adventure.
At 4:00 p.m., we depart Ketchikan, heading to Icy Strait Point.

Monday - June 11 - Arrive at Icy Strait Poin at 9:00 a.m.

We've signed up for the Remote Bush Exploration and Wildlife tour.

At 6:00 p.m., we depart Icy Strait Poin, heading for Juneau.

Tuesday - June 12 - Arrive at Juneau at 7:00 a.m.

At 9:00, we'll take in the Mendenhall Glacier and Gardens, and the depart Juneau at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday - June 13 - Arive at Sitka at 7:00 a.m.

At 8:00, we'll take in the Sitka Photography Tour, and then leave Sitka at 4:00 p.m.

Thursday - June 14 - Arrive at Hubbard Glacier at 7:00 a.m.

Leave Hubbard Glacier at 11:00 a.m.

Friday - June 15 - Arrive at Seward at 7:00 a.m.

After disembarking, we'll do a little exploring of Seward on our own, and then catch a bus at 12:15 heading to Anchorage. The 3-hour bus trip includes a narration about the things we'll see along the way.

We'll spend the night in Anchorage.

Saturday - June 16 - Prudhoe Bay by plane

At 10:00, we'll have a video presentation of Prudhoe, and then we'll enjoy a bus tour of the area.

Well spend the night in Prudhoe. Prudhoe is also known as Deadhorse.

Sunday - June 17 - Coldfoot

At 8:00 a.m., we'll board a bus for a 9-hour trip to Coldfoot, via the Dalton Highway.
Here's a site with some photos of the highway:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/photos-Dalton-Hwy.htm


Monday - June 18 - Fairbanks

We'll leave Coldfoot at 8:00 a.m. and take another 9-hour bus trip to Fairbanks, continuing on the Dalton Highway.

Tuesday - June 19 - Denali Park

At 7:00, we board the McKinley Explorer train and head to Denali, where we'll spend the night.

Wednesday - June 20 - Anchorage

At 11:00 a.m., we'll board the McKinley Explorer once again and head for Anchorage, where we'll end our trip.

Thursday - June 21 - Fly home

3 comments:

Margie said...

I just looked at your itinerary and see that you made it to Juneau. Did you see the Capitol?

Margie

Sue said...

We saw the capitol in Juneau, but we didn't visit it. It's one of two capitol buildings in the U.S. (if I remember correctly) that doesn't have a dome. I don't recall what the second one is...

Sue said...

Margie's correction to our information about capitol buildings:
Actually, there are several without domes, most notably the four "high rise" ones: Tallahassee, Lincoln, Bismarck, and Baton Rouge. New Mexico's is very southwest and Hawaii's is different.