We’re heading off on an Alaskan cruise tomorrow! And it’s 6:00 p.m. and I’m not packed! I do, however, have the laundry done, and dog Lucy bathed one last time for her skin condition, and the ointment swabbed on her crusty back, and notes all over the kitchen instructing the dogs-and-cat sitter, and the 4 last-minute copywriting projects completed, and bills mailed, and dinner baking. So I’ve got all that going for me. Now if I can just find the hiking boot that dog Wilson confiscated (hopefully it’s not chewed to rawhide status and buried outside in the mud). Then I’m off to the last great frontier! Just like the goldrushers. Only on a cruiseship. With internet access. And a spa.
Can’t wait to hear about the trip. We’d like to take an Alaskan cruise one day, too. Thought about it for our honeymoon in early 2010, but I’m more in favor of going to somewhere WARM when it’s cold here in the ‘burgh!
Everything about Alaska was inspiring, from the majestic landscape to the wildlife to the unseasonably warm weather. But while touring it via a cruise ship offers many amenities, I could never quite shake the feeling of obtrusiveness that came along with it. As big as Alaska is, we were still a behemoth intrusion to the natural balance. Our ship was called the “Serenade of the Seas,” but I felt it could have just as easily been named “The Invader” (which, btw, was the name of an RV that I once saw rolling through a national park).