Alaska
No big detailed post. Just wanted to say Alaska was AMAZING! Highlights:
- Aleutian Ballad (Deadliest Catch) Crab Boat tour. WOW I would say if you had to choose one excursion to do, this would be it. From showing us their fishing techniques, to telling fishing stories, I don’t think I had any dull moments on this tour. Plus you get to meet people you’ve seen on TV, and they’re really nice guys. The topper on this trip was when they took us to a native American reservation, where they were actually allowed to feed and bait the eagles! I swear there must have been 30-40 eagles swooping around right next to the ship!
- Eagle Preserve raft tour. Being an “Eagle Preserve” I would have thought we would see some eagles! Unfortunately I guess the majority of the eagles were off flying somewhere because the weather was so nice. During the 1.5 raft ride I would say we saw about two or three eagles total. However the river raft tour was nice, and we got to see some great views.
- Food on the ship was excellent. Luckily dessert wasn’t always a great hit. I managed to not gain any weight on the trip! Woohoo!
- The ship is REALLY smooth while in the protected waters. It rocked slightly on the last day or two when we got out to open sea.
Highly recommended trip, especially if you get a good deal! I would probably wait and do one of the later ones, even though we were really lucky and had sun every day.