I struggled to find a hotel in Anchorage. Everything near downtown was $350 and up with extremely mixed reviews. There wasn’t much savings away from downtown. I was still going to pay $300/night and have to find transportation. Even the Sheraton and Hilton hotels had some bad reviews. Every…

Good morning! Today is embarkation day. I’m going to spend the morning in Anchorage before taking the train down to Seward this afternoon.
It feels like a lot of the breakfast places are closed on Monday. I was going to go to The Biscuit Club but it turned out to…

Good morning! Today is my glacier hike. I don’t think I mentioned it but I didn’t bring a jacket or coat at all this time. I had a heavy coat in my car ready to go but the night before I looked at the forecast for all of the…

I’ve been wanting to walk on a glacier but I don’t want to have to fly to the glacier. You can’t really drive to glaciers on cruise excursions, but you can from Anchorage.
I looked at a bunch of local companies. Some of them are closed on Sunday. One of…

I just took a Lyft from the airport to my Airbnb. This is the Leopold David House. It was the house of the first mayor of Anchorage. From what I’ve read it’s a law office now, but the stairs around the back lead to my Airbnb.

This is the view…

I decided the Trolley Tour would be a good way to see Anchorage. They have two levels of tour. The $25 tour which just covers downtown. Then the $50 tour which takes you to earthquake park, the float plane airport, and airport park where you can see the city…

Weeks ago I did seat upgrades on my return flights on Air Canada. Exit row with additional legroom. I never did pick seats on my Alaska flights to Anchorage. I was watching videos and a guy was showing how much legroom the standard Alaska seat has saying it’s one…

I just went to Alaska last year with Carnival. That one was a roundtrip from Seattle. The ports were Tracy Arm Fjord, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, Juneau, and Victoria. I loved all of the Alaska ports. Victoria really didn’t have a shot because almost the entire city was closed…