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Thread: Off to Alaska
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1st May 2010, 02:53 AM #1
Off to Alaska
SWMBO and I set sail on our Alaskan cruise today, and I'm just a tad excited. We spent the last two nights in what has to be the noisiest hotel room I've ever stayed in. There is a railway line no more that 10 meters from our room and the sound of a freight train going past at 3:00 in the morning is something else. If anyone has seen the movie My cousin Vinnie they'll know what I'm talkng about. Photo's to follow, promise.
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What could possibly go wrong.
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1st May 2010, 10:24 AM #2
Have a great time GJ, keep those winter woolies on
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1st May 2010, 10:41 AM #3Hewer of wood
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Take care up there. Not all brown bears are called Yogi ;-}
Cheers, Ern
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1st May 2010, 11:27 AM #4
The inside passage (without being rude) is awsom and if you get a chance the train ride from Anchorage to Fairbanks through Danieli national park. Enjoy
Oh and its not the bears you have to watch for its the FBI (F_ _ king Big Indians)
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1st May 2010, 02:50 PM #5
Bon voyage GJ, give it heaps!
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1st May 2010, 04:46 PM #6Hewer of wood
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And don't forget that cube of Sitka Spruce you promised me!
Cheers, Ern
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1st May 2010, 08:30 PM #7
If you have a couple days in Anchorage, see if the dentist, Dr. Paine, is still there; on Minnesota Drive IIRC. Worth a picture of the sign if possible. Also photogenic are the "spirit houses" atop tombs in a graveyard at Eklutna village, NE of Anchorage.
Aurora borealis is awesome, but happenstance.
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Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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1st May 2010, 11:52 PM #8
Have fun!
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2nd May 2010, 02:16 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Do the White Pass Railway. It is superb.
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2nd May 2010, 07:16 AM #10
Thanks for all the kind wishes everybody. I think I could get used to cruise life real easy, SWMBO, on the other hand is feeling sick as a dog, literally, she's gone of for some acupuncture to try and cure her seasickness. I did 3 laps (1 Km)of the top deck this morning to try and work off breakfast. It should work, I was walking in to a 50 knot wind in one direction and trying not to get blown over in the other direction.
Ern, will a 50 m/m cube of Sitka Spruce suffice, I don't want to go over weight and have to pay excess baggage charges. As it is they might not let me on the plane after the cruise, there's not shortage of great food.
Booked it this morning
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2nd May 2010, 08:52 AM #11
Have a great time GJ. I'm sure you will. Keep those pics coming in.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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2nd May 2010, 04:13 PM #13Hewer of wood
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Gee GJ, 50 x 50 is too generous. Can't you do 5 x 5? ;-}
The cruise sounds awesome you lucky bustard, and you can chk out the talent on deck while the missus is laying a pizza back in the cabin.
(Sea sick tablets worked well for one of my sprogs but I don't want to spoil your holiday).Cheers, Ern
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3rd May 2010, 01:32 AM #14
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3rd May 2010, 09:01 AM #15
Enjoy it John - i should be doing something like that myself.
Cheers
Davidregards
David
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