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• Hawaii and the Pre-Travel Phobias
  on Nov 5, 2010 in Hawaii Travelogue
  We are flying out Sunday morning to spend a week in Kauai for our 10th wedding anniversary, with our wonderful 6-year-old daughter of course. As the weather turns cooler here in the Pacific Northwest, we find tropical getaways like this most benefic...
• Yurt Camping on the Oregon Coast
  on Oct 30, 2010 in Oregon Travelogue
  The forecast for the Oregon coast called for cool temperatures, heavy rain, and 65 MPH winds. Let’s go camping! That’s right, we love to camp and aren’t afraid to go any time of year. Well, as long as we can stay in a yurt during the cold and r...
• Guide to the Oregon Coast: Off-Season
  on Oct 24, 2010 in Oregon Travelogue
  Renown for its beautiful evergreen forests, high tech industry, and liberal politics, Oregon also boasts some 363 miles of pristine publicly owned coastline that draws visitors from around the world. Summer Sun…. and Crowds The most popular time to...
• Searching for the Perfect Travel Camera
  on Oct 18, 2010 in Trip Planning camera homepage4
  We love to travel and we love to take photos. And that is a problem! To take really good photos, you need a really good camera, which generally is a dSLR. Unfortunately, dSLR’s are bulky, heavy, and a pain in the butt to travel with. They also get...
• Ketchikan: Salmon, Totem Poles, and a Whore House
  on Oct 8, 2010 in Alaska Travelogue Alaskan Cruise homepage4 salmon totem poles
  As the boat neared the town of Ketchikan, “Salmon Capital of the world,” we were still at a loss as to what we should do there once the boat docked. Normally, we have our activities scheduled out for our trips, but on this one, we just could not...
• Glacier Bay National Park
  on Oct 1, 2010 in Alaska Travelogue Alaskan Cruise bear glacier homepage4 iceberg
  Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park was something we were looking forward to seeing. When we initially booked this trip we had envisioned ourselves kayaking the frigid glacial runoffs and dodging calving glaciers. But as it turned out, the cruise li...
• Skagway Alaska and the White Pass
  on Sep 28, 2010 in Alaska Travelogue Alaskan Cruise cemetery homepage4 White Pass
  We awoke on the morning of the 4th day of our cruise to find the Volendam docked in Skagway Alaska, the “Gateway to the Klondike.” A town we were excited to explore. During the great Klondike gold rush in the late 19th century, Skagway had 80 sa...
• Juneau Alaska and Mendenhall Glacier
  on Sep 22, 2010 in Alaska Travelogue Alaskan Cruise bear glacier hiking homepage4 Juneau
  “This is the capital of Alaska?” I asked as our cruise ship prepared to dock along Juneau’s wharf. “I expected it to be bigger.” But with a population of 30,000 and being completely landlocked with no roads in or out, it made sense why it w...
• Tracy Arm Alaska
  on Sep 15, 2010 in Alaska Travelogue Alaskan Cruise fjord glacier iceberg
  After departing Vancouver on Holland America’s cruise ship, the Volendam, we headed north through the inside passage on our way to Alaska. The first day and a half would have us at sea and on the morning of the third day we would venture into Tracy...
• Looking for the Volendam
  on Aug 27, 2010 in Alaska Travelogue Alaskan Cruise Canada luggage Vancouver
  The night before leaving for our 7-day Alaskan cruise we packed up about half of our house to bring along with us. While most trips have us packing light, a cruise is a license to over pack. Especially cruising to an area with cold weather. Not only...

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