Sunday, September 27, 2009

Alaska and the Yukon Territory, August 2009


We enjoyed an 11-day Cruisetour with Holland America in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. The trip began in Anchorage, Alaska. Then we took a train up to Denali National Park. Wow! It was amazing! If we are able to make it back to Alaska some day, we want to spend more time in Denali.

From there we headed to Fairbanks, AK where we panned for gold, saw the trans-Alaska pipeline, and went to the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska. Everything there is "Farthest North ____." We saw the Farthest North Girl Scout Council office, along with many others.


Leaving Faribanks, we made our way to the Yukon Territory, Canada. We stayed in Beaver Creek and Whitehorse. Then we took another train down to Skagway, AK where we boarded the ship. Before getting on the ship, we did a shore excursion where we canoed out to the Davidson Glacier. It was amazing!


The cruise took us through Glacier Bay and we also had a stop in Ketchikan. The cruise ended in Vancouver, BC, a place we want to go back to and visit some day.

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