They booked a Holland America Lines package that included a seven-day cruise from Vancouver, B.C., up the Alaska coast to the port of Whittier, with stops in Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. That was followed by train travel on the McKinley Explorer to Denali National Park, and finally a bus trip to Fairbanks to fly home.
In the course of the trip, and despite some spells of clouds and rain, they saw black bears, whales, sea otters, seals, eagles, at least one grizzly bear, moose, sheep and sled dogs. They saw massive glaciers and amazing landscapes all along the coast and into the mountains. And they caught clear views of Denali, the highest mountain in North America, which is shrouded in cloud about 80% of the time.
- Click here to read Dan's writeup of the trip, illustrated with some of his photos.
- Be sure to follow the SEE MORE PHOTOS links to albums of photos, with captions, from each leg of the journey.
- Or click here to see all those photos in one album.
- Bonus for rail fans: More train photos!
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