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The Glaciers of Alaska

Posted on November 4, 2024November 5, 2024

Alaska has around 100,000 glaciers covering 28,800 square miles. These vast rivers of ice store three quarters of the state’s fresh water. Interestingly, only 616 of the glaciers have been named. On our recent Alaskan vacation we saw a number of glaciers, three in particular. When we docked in Juneau, we took an excursion that…

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Transiting the Panama Canal

Posted on December 31, 2019

The Panama Canal was listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World in a BBC miniseries produced in 2003. A marvel of engineering, the story behind it is truly incredible. Almost everyone has heard of it, but few know much about it. We had the privilege of taking a cruise from Fort…

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Photo Gallery: Panama Canal

Posted on December 31, 2019

Here are some additional photographs of the Panama Canal. That completes our Panama Canal transit. A truly amazing experience.

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Our Panama Canal Cruise

Posted on December 11, 2019April 10, 2020

One of the things on our bucket list was to take a cruise through the Panama Canal.  On Nov. 15 we did just that. It was a sixteen day cruise that left from Fort Lauderdale, traversed the Panama Canal, and ended up in Los Angeles. There were six ports-of-call along the way. Our ship was…

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Photo Gallery: Panama Canal Cruise

Posted on December 11, 2019

Here are some additional photos and videos of our cruise. The photo above is of the ship in port at Huatulco, Mexico. I’ll be adding separate posts for the canal transit and the ports-of-call later.                          

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The Forgotten Island

Posted on July 25, 2017December 6, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! When we think of the Bahamas we think of the cities of Nassau and Freeport and maybe of the fabulous Atlantis Resort. We also think of an island archipelago with many sandy beaches. The Bahamas, in fact, has over 700 islands of varying sizes. One of them used to be the…

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Photo Gallery: Eleuthra

Posted on July 25, 2017December 6, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of our visit to the island of Eleuthra in the Bahamas. Our tour guide on the bus tells of the history of Eleuthra During the ride we were shown how to make some crafts, including this headband made from reeds A house in Governor’s Harbour is…

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Captain Kent’s Last Cruise (and Our First)

Posted on May 6, 2017October 25, 2019

Up until 2005 we had long thought a cruise would be a terrific vacation but we were under the impression that cruising was for rich people and we were hardly rich. And so we didn’t really consider it seriously. Our friends Chris and Sheila had been on a couple of cruises and they excitedly told…

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Southeast Asia Cruise – January 2016

Posted on March 17, 2016December 12, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! On January 22, 2016, my wife and I went on our sixth cruise – a cruise promoted as a taste of Southeast Asia. We had never been in Southeast Asia before, except for a brief stopover at the Kuala Lumpur airport on our way to Perth, Australia. But it has always been…

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Photo Gallery: Southeast Asia Cruise

Posted on March 17, 2016October 25, 2019

Follow us on Facebook! Additional photos from our Southeast Asia cruise. It was rainy when we left Singapore, the first time we had rain on the first day of a cruise. The ship was decked out for Chinese New Year which was coming up soon. The Mariner of the Seas has a full service hair salon…

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