Friday, July 8, 2016: A Day Spent Sailing Towards Vancouver: Being a Lector at my Birthday Mass: I awoke on my birthday with a jolt to realize that we needed to race down for 8.00 am Mass. Since I wanted to serve as Lector, it was important to get there early. By 7. 50,…
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Catching Ketchikan’s Spriit in Alaska
Thursday, July 7, 2016: Ketchikan, Alaska: It was our last destination in Alaska—Ketchikan. A place that became familiar to me a few years ago when a priest-friend of ours, Fr. James Valladaras, had served as Ship’s Chaplain on a cruise liner and had sent us a postcard form this destination in Alaska. Little did…
Highlight of an Alaskan Cruise–Glorious Glacier Bay
Wednesday, July 6, 2016: Cruising in Glacier Bay Whale-Watching at the Crack of Dawn: Today was meant to offer the highlight sights of our entire cruise. And by the end of the day, we realized why it is considered a privilege to be able to set eyes on these parts of our planet. But…
On the Klondike Gold Trail in Skagway, Alaska
Tuesday, July 5, 2016: Skagway, Alaska On the Klondike Gold Trail We had already arrived in Skagway by the time Llew and I awoke at about 6. 30 am. But since we were not scheduled to begin the packaged shore excursion we had booked online until 10.00 am, we had a bit of time…
Trespassing in Tracy Arm Inlet and Juneau, Alaska
Monday, July 4, 2016: Tracy Arm Inlet and Juneau, Alaska: We put our clocks back one hour before we went to bed last night as we would be arriving in Alaskan waters and crossing a time zone line at 2. 00 am. We also set our alarms for an early start as we were…