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Something Fishy in Alaska
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 10 May 2012
Tasty Travels Destination: Alaska Book: Alaska, The Fishes and Dishes Cookbook: Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories from Alaska’s Commercial Fisherwomen (2010) by Kiyo Marsh, Tomi Marsh, and Laura Cooper Something Fishy By Brette Sember If you’ve ever dreamed of fishing (and eating) in Alaska, The Fishes & Dishes Cookbook: Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories from Alaska’s Commercial Fisherwomen by [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for rel
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FREE Parks FREE Guide
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 20 April 2012
Earth Day Travel Each year in April, the U. S. National Parks open their doors for free. (Many parks are free all year long, but more than 100 of the 397 parks have a charge.) During National Parks Week, April 21-April 29,coinciding with Earth Day, you can enter parks from Alaska’s Denali to Yosemite in [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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Water Sports Around the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 18 April 2012
This spring, we asked our readers to help us choose where American Express should send us on our next adventure: Our next trip is on water and we have put together our top choices for water sports around the world.
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Alaska – Thrills, Spills and Stunning Scenery
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 February 2012
It is a dream to think that we have made it to both Alaska and Antarctica in 2 years time. But with a little luck and a lot of hard work, we have managed to make our dreams come true.
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New Movie Rescues Whales in Alaska
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 8 February 2012
Wednesday Matinee Destination: Anchorage, Barrow, and Fort Richardson, Alaska Movie: Big Miracle (NEW 2012), Directed by Ken Kwapis Review by Jane Boursaw Reel Rating*: 4 out of 5 Reels There’s something really compelling about whales. Is it their size and power? The fact that they swim in the ocean underneath our tiny boats? Or the [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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5 Reasons to Visit Alaska on a Cruise
Blog: Pommie Travels - 26 December 2011
Ever since I watched the movie Into the Wild, I was struck by the beauty of Alaska and it’s been [...]
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A Train on the Mountainous White Pass Route near Skagway, Alaska
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 12 December 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Habitat for Humanity in Alaska
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 30 November 2011
When I first got home from my trip to Anchorage, Alaska, I couldn’t write about it. I decided to spend 1.5 months traveling to different cities within the U.S. Two weeks was dedicated to my first Habitat for Humanity trip and my second time away from mainland America.
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The 5 Best Cruise Lines for Kids
Blog: My Little Nomads - 22 November 2011
The best cruises, ships, routes and on-board activities for kids and families. Continue reading →Read the entire article here: The 5 Best Cruise Lines for Kids Or check out Where to go in Southeast Asia with kids
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Train going around a bend near Skagway, Alaska
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 26 October 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Enchanting spots: Tracy Arm fjord, Alaska
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 13 September 2011
Imagine a fjord with water the colour of jade. Littered with thousands of icebergs, the fjord is surrounded by mist-shrouded mountains and countless waterfalls tumbling down the forested slopes. Flocks of seagulls and bald eagles rest on the blue icebergs whilst seals frolic in the water. This is the enchanting Tracy Arm fjord in [...]Enchanting spots: Tracy Arm fjord, Alaska is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Abandoned railroad bridge near Skagway, Alaska
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 20 August 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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The hike to Baird Glacier
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 9 August 2011
The hike to Baird Glacier in southeast Alaska A page from my Travel Journal. I hopped off the boat and landed on a bed of finely-polished stones. In the distance, I could just about make out the distinct appearance of a glacier, with its white-blue craggy surface. A cold wind blew down from the mountains, [...]The hike to Baird Glacier is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Cruising Alaska’s Inside Passage
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 13 July 2011
“Good morning Wilderness Discoverers”! It was the first thing I heard every morning through the speakerphone in my cabin: a friendly greeting at the start of a new day and an invitation to breakfast. The Wilderness Discoverer is a small cruise ship operated by InnerSea Discoveries on their routes in southeast Alaska. I was one [...]Cruising Alaska’s Inside Passage is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Seven mornings in Alaska
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 5 July 2011
On board a small-ship cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage Excerpts from my Travel Journal My recent trip to Alaska was a dream come true. Cruising through southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage on board InnerSea Discoveries’ small cruise ship, the Wilderness Discoverer, I got to experience some of the most breathtaking scenery imaginable. I stood out on [...]Seven mornings in Alaska is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Whale Watching in Alaska
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 3 June 2011
Water. In the space called Frederick Sound, the water waits silently. There's a grey - or even silver - hue to the air and the frosted breath of everyone on board seems to add to the tension.
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VW Bus near Alaska Waterfall – Have You Been Here?
Blog: Vagobond.com - 12 May 2011
This was my first and favorite VW Bus of all time. I got the bus by trading my television and VCR for it and then got it running, modified it from a transporter into a camper, and then set out to Alaska with my best dog ever, Shakra for Alaska.
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Disney Wonder Comes to San Francisco
Blog: The Silent I - 4 May 2011
For the first time ever, the Disney Cruise Lines fabulous Disney Wonder arrived in San Francisco, en route to Vancouver. The ship was on a repositioning cruise, moving from it's southern base in Los Angeles up to Vancouver for its...
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Aerial View of The Alaska Mountain Range
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 29 April 2011
Flying high over the Alaskan Mountain Range is one of the most jaw dropping views we have ever witnessed.It was exciting to see Mount McKinley; North America's highest mountain, up close and personal.
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Beneath the Totem Pole
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 26 April 2011
It’s a narrow wooden bridge, so when a girl runs past, the reverberations affect us all. She’s a teenager, or maybe older, in classic blue jeans and US sneakers, with flowing blonde hair. A few minutes later I see her again, wrapped in a traditional Tlingit cloak and chanting with her ancestors. We’ve crossed the bridge to the space outside Chief Shakes’ House, some 1000 miles north of Seattle.
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Kayaking in Alaska – Alone in the Wild
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 17 February 2011
Finally, I stop. My heartbeat reels like a dizzy child who’s been spinning around on the spot, my lungs test their boundaries and my soul smiles with joy. This must be what they mean by a natural high.
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It’s A (Very) Small World
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 February 2011
So, we just spent two days at Cotton Tree Lodge in southern Belize near Punta Gorda (we will be telling you more about Cotton Tree’s big plans for chocolate in this region soon). While at Cotton Tree Lodge we met two funny, smart and interesting couples from Alaska–one of our favorite places on the planet. One of them, Rick, looked a bit familiar to us but we didn’t think too much about it. Until… Rick mentioned that he and his wife have a cabin near Cantwell, Alaska.
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A Real Alaska Experience
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 1 February 2011
The thinking behind going to the Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Festival during 2008′s Year in Beer was to show how committed we were to our ambitious beer travel project. If we were crazy enough to visit Alaska in mid-winter, we were crazy enough to see the whole year through. But the weather really [...]
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Exploring Beer Beyond Anchorage
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 19 January 2011
On our first visit to Alaska three years ago, we never made it outside of Anchorage. In fact, we barely made it outside of downtown. Wanting to expand our Alaskan experience, we decided to make a day trip outside of Anchorage to visit some breweries. Thursday dawned bright, sunny and clear, ideal weather for our [...]
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Back in Alaska
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 14 January 2011
Ever since our first visit to Anchorage three years ago during the inaugural month of the Year in Beer, we vowed we would make it back someday. Our first visit kicked off our most ambitious beer travel project ever and Anchorage turned out to be the perfect place to do it. The beer scene was [...]
