A Simple Grave Marker In Alaska

A Short Story While hiking up to Skagway Falls in Alaska we passed through the Gold Rush Cemetery where there are numerous headstones and markers with many well over a hundred years old. The cemetery is located on a slope with graves spaced at random, many markers are difficult to read and some contain littleContinue reading “A Simple Grave Marker In Alaska”

A Waterfall In Skagway, Alaska

A favorite port in Alaska is Ketchikan and while it was originally the jumping off location to the Klondike gold rush, today it is a new boom town based on cruising. The town offers a number of activities and excursions, but if you don’t mind a little hiking there is a location only two milesContinue reading “A Waterfall In Skagway, Alaska”

Cruising Alaska

As we write this, we are just finishing our fourth Alaska cruise. Having done this a number of times before, we recognize that there are a lot of similarities but also some significant differences in these cruises. Because it is so vast, Alaska is a destination that is more easily seen by cruise ship. CruisingContinue reading “Cruising Alaska”