Continued from Skagway Part 2 (City Highlights) The last stop on our Alaskan Cruise on Ruby Princess last summer was in Victoria, British Columbia, our only stop in Canada. We only had a half day (evening, actually) to enjoy Victoria before our short return to Seattle. Victoria is considered the “most British of all Canadian cities” […]
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Alaskan Cruise: Skagway Part 2 (City Highlights)
Continued from Skagway Sled Dog Experience After our morning kissing puppies during our Musher’s Camp & Sled Dog Experience excursion up the road from Skagway in Dyea during our Alaskan cruise on Ruby Princess last summer, we returned to the ship to change, grab a city guide and drop off our coats (it was heating up). […]
Alaskan Cruise: Skagway Part 1 (Sled Dog Experience)
Continued from Ketchikan The last Alaskan stop on our Alaskan Cruise on Ruby Princess last summer was in Skagway, a beautiful gold rush mining town turned top summer destination that sits on the mouth of a river surrounded by mountains. The port is picturesque and dominated by cruise ships and trains. This post contains affiliate links. […]
Alaskan Cruise: Ketchikan
Continued from Juneau Part 2 (City Highlights) The first stop on our Alaskan Cruise on Ruby Princess last summer was in Ketchikan, a small seaside town in southeast Alaska surrounded by Tongass National Forest only accessible by boat or plane. As a first introduction to Alaska, this was rugged and beautiful, everything I had hoped Alaska […]
Alaskan Cruise: Juneau Part 2 (City Highlights)
Continued from Juneau Part 1 (Mendenhall Glacier) After our Mendenhall Glacier Helicopter Tour excursion during our Alaskan cruise on Ruby Princess last summer, we had the rest of the day in Juneau on our own. Across the street from where our ship was docked is Mount Roberts Tramway, an aerial cable tram that takes passengers […]