Posts from domestic travel
Visiting Key West by cruise ship is an interesting experience. We arrived early in the morning and waited for sunrise and our chance to disembark. I suppose we were intended to revel the night away and not awake first thing, pacing the deck like caged animals. Eventually the town woke up and the passengers shambled …
Our first stop on the Enchantment Cruise was in Port Canaveral Florida, a place you might most associate with rocket launches (and you’d be right). We opted not to sign up for one of the tours of a NASA hangar and instead hopped into a taxi to experience the town. This may have been a …
The voyage ends, as all things must. The staff pulled no punches in the final days of our semester to make memorable moments. The formal Captain’s dinner and sea Fear Factor filled the time while our faithful ship made for the mainland. We made port to little fanfare; frankly mostly anxious parents waited on the …
Day One We docked in downtown Honolulu at pier II right next to the Aloha Tower. (by now we were experts at noting landmarks for locating the ship!) After more than two months away it felt very good to be back in the US. Aside from declaring as citizens rather than visitors, there were some …
Soaked In Sunlight Kodiak seemed diametrically opposed to our experience in Sitka. We woke with the ship nestled at a dock practically downtown with beautiful sunlight bathing the steep green hills. We ate breakfast on the pool deck as we waited for the ship to clear. It was so bright and we soaked in the …
Small Town Sitka We arrived in Sitka early on June 19th with was a misty reception. Many of us were present above decks to witness the ship drop anchor. There wasn’t really much to the town itself, but it exists amid a dramatic natural backdrop. Navigating through the protection islands to approach the harbor, a …