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Travel on a multigenerational Alaska cruise

January 15, 2013
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Are you thinking about traveling on a multigenerational Alaska cruise? Suzanne Fluhr of Boomeresque shares her family’s experience with us. Would she do it again? Read on: It was formal night on the Celebrity Mercury, a cruise ship bound from Seward, Alaska to Vancouver, Canada. I looked around our dining room table for ten occupied [...]

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Alaska: Paddling her own canoe at 60, 70 and 80

November 16, 2012
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Are you ready to be inspired by a book? After Vera Marie Badertscher’s review of Paddling North, I predict you’ll be booking a trip to Alaska that includes a kayaking excursion. “The philosophy is still the same. Go Simple, go solo, go now.” Audrey Sutherland, in Paddling North Hawaiian resident Audrey Sutherland was no stranger to the [...]

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Saturday’s scene: cruising Tracy Arm

August 4, 2012
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The weather doesn’t always cooperate in Alaska. At least, that’s what Alan and I discovered when Regent Seven Seas Mariner spent a morning cruising Tracy Arm on the way to Juneau. The light had an eerie glow to it as Mariner sailed through Stephens Passage into Holkham Bay and up the narrow fjord named for [...]

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Saturday’s scene: retreating glacier

April 21, 2012
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I took this photo of a retreating glacier on an Innersea Discoveries cruise excursion in Southeastern Alaska. After jumping across glacial streams, our group climbed onto Baird Glacier’s frozen surface for one of my most favorite boomer adventures. On the way back, we stretched out on the spongy moss for a short rest. Supported by [...]

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Saturday’s scene: floatplane adventure

March 24, 2012
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Is an Alaska floatplane ride on your active boomer travel list? Alan and I have experienced a floatplane ride twice during our Alaska travels and hope there will be many more such adventures. The first was on an oh-so-misty day during a Regent Mariner cruise excursion that gave true meaning to the name Misty Fjords. [...]

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Saturday’s scene: Shining the Light on Fall

October 22, 2011
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I took this photo while on a small ship adventure cruise with American Safari Cruises. On a sunny afternoon in southeast Alaska, Alan and I joined a group of fellow cruisers to hike Three Lakes Loop Trail. Our journey took us through the rainforest before climbing up into areas of prairie and muskeg bogs. On this [...]

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On Your Own in Sitka

September 1, 2011
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On an Alaskan cruise that starts in Vancouver or Seattle, boomer cruisers might grow weary of Alaska ship excursions by the time they reach Sitka. That was certainly the case when Alan and I sailed on Regent Seven Seas Mariner from Vancouver to Singapore. Walkable Sitka proved to be an excellent Alaskan destination for active [...]

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Saturday’s scene: Going UnderWater in Alaska

July 30, 2011
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For all of our baby boomer readers who’ve wondered, “Where is Alan?” He’s back! After several months of settling into his Montana office (and covering for me so that I could attend to blogging and writing duties during our move) Alan is ready to get back to work at My Itchy Travel Feet. Today, he [...]

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Saturday’s scene: Standing Tall in Sitka

May 21, 2011
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Here’s an Alaska cruise excursion that active boomers can do on their own. When our Regent cruise stopped in Sitka, Alan and I walked to Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska’s oldest national park. After viewing artisan workshops and exhibits, we explored the Totem Trail. Have you visited Sitka? Post a comment to share your favorite [...]

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Hiking on a Cruise to Alaska?

May 3, 2011
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Hike and cruise. Do those words even go together? If you’re active baby boomers cruising on an InnerSea Discoveries ship — no problem. Last September, Alan and I had the opportunity to try out several of the hikes that are offered on the adventure cruise company’s itinerary, Alaska Inside Passage: Eastern Coves. The hiking excursions [...]

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