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  • The First Iceberg

    The First Iceberg

    This is the fifth of the “Week-Long Alaskan Dream” post series. The starting of the Misty Fjord’s engines at 5:00 a.m. roused me awake, but the gentle movement of the boat starting on the day’s journey quickly lulled me back to sleep for another couple of hours. It was hard to believe we were beginning

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  • The Sea Lion Posse of Frederick Sound

    The Sea Lion Posse of Frederick Sound

    This is the fourth of the “Week-Long Alaskan Dream” post series. The Misty Fjord left Baranof Springs in the morning to head into Frederick Sound for Day 3 of our Inside Passage cruise. Whales teased us with a water spout here and there in the morning, while we watched the isolated sea otter (or two

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  • Destination Baranof Warm Springs

    Destination Baranof Warm Springs

    This is the third of the “Week-Long Alaskan Dream” post series. Blue skies as far as the eye could see, with wispy clouds of white fanning out like the tentacles of the octopus (which was a common motif in the Sitka area). The Misty Fjord untied from the mooring buoy and began Day 2 of

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  • Leaving Sitka on the Misty Fjord

    Leaving Sitka on the Misty Fjord

    This is the second of the “Week-Long Alaskan Dream” post series. “It looked bigger on the website,”  I laughed as we unloaded from the Alaskan Dream Cruises courtesy van and walked down the ramp to where Ben, one of the Misty Fjord’s crew, was waiting to greet us. No gangway or long check-in lines; instead

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  • A Week-Long Alaskan Dream: Mosquito Cove Trail

    A Week-Long Alaskan Dream: Mosquito Cove Trail

    This is the first of the “Week-Long Alaskan Dream” post series. We gathered in the hospitality room for Alaskan Dream Cruises in Sitka, Alaska, four couples from Michigan, New York City, Minnesota, and Australia. Introductions were made and we sized up our shipmates for the upcoming week. While the Misty Fjord finished its preparations for

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  • Zen on the Trail 

    Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: It has been a long week. The candle was burning at both ends most days; I sacrificed some needed sleep to find those extra hours in the day. So when the end of the work day rolled around on Friday, it was tempting to just pour a glass of…

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