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Tag: Alaska

Seward to Seattle

Posted on May 25, 2019June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up at seven o’clock this morning to find the Quest docked in Seward, Alaska.  We went up for breakfast in the Windows Café and I enjoyed the full English as we knew we’d be disembarking soon.  🙁 We returned to stateroom 6009, packed the remainder of our stuff into our carry-on bags, had a last…

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Homesteads and Halibut in Homer

Posted on May 24, 2019March 27, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up around six o’clock this morning to the incessant and loud cries of many seagulls; had a look out on the balcony to find ourselves docked in the picturesque port of Homer, Alaska.  We were at the end of a long jetty and all around, on the ground and in the air, was a…

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En route to Kodiak

Posted on May 22, 2019March 27, 2022 by bollingerbabe

I was tired this morning so I didn’t go up to breakfast, enjoying some fruit and coffee in our stateroom and getting out of bed quite late, around 9.20pm.  I had to get washed and dressed fairly quickly if we didn’t want to miss the grand Quest Expo at 10 o’clock. The Quest Expo consisted…

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Delightful Dutch Harbor

Posted on May 21, 2019March 27, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were up just before 8.00am where we watched the Quest slowly manoeuvring into dock in Dutch Harbor.  Immediately in front of our balcony a cliff face rose up, dotted here and there with shrubs and bushes and topped with patches of snow.  The sky looked clear and the sun was attempting to get through…

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Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

Posted on May 20, 2019March 27, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up around 5.00am to use the loo, and through our balcony doors I could see the faint outline of mountains in the near distance as the Quest made her way to Adak.  Went back to sleep then, just over an hour later, we awoke again to see that the ship had come to a…

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