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Believe it or not, but the dead of winter is the time to think about cruising Alaska. Last summer, our family spent 12 nights on a Celebrity CruiseTour. We actually had booked it almost 15 months before we went. The cruising season in Alaska is limited to the months of May until September. The best staterooms with the best views are filling up fast.

Do you see the similarities between my hand and a map of Alaska?

Show the shape of Alaska with your hand

The shape of Alaska

After spending nearly two weeks there this summer where our tour guide on the land portion of our trip pointed out that you can sort of make the shape of Alaska with your right hand, I came to realize that Alaska is best viewed with the naked eye. Recently I was reading this post by Evelyn Hannon, aka @Journeywoman on Twitter, and under the last picture on the first page, Evelyn had noticed a woman viewing the magnificence of The Hermitage in St. Petersburg through the lens of her camera. Her comment made me think back to our recent trip through Alaska.  I know first hand how wonderful Alaska is and that you just want to capture all of its beauty with your camera.

Laura and our daughter on ATV in Alaska

Long after the travel bills are paid you are left with the memories of an incredible vacation. I asked Laura if she thought I should share the cost of the incredible journey and opportunity we had just experienced. She said it is very rude to talk about money, but she did it agree it would help people with their planning.

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I have a new girlfriend and her name is Diane…as in Steak Diane. On our cruise on Celebrity Millennium, we ate at the Olympic specialty restaurant for a date night.

Our first experience with specialty dining onboard a ship was on our first cruise on Celebrity Infinity when we did a seven night cruise to Alaska from Vancouver.

Hi my name is chuck and I am addicted to Deadliest Catch.

Hi Chuck!

On Wednesday, we were docked in Ketchikan, AK and we had the chance to go out on the Aleutian Ballad which was featured in season 2 of Deadliest Catch. If you are a fan or have ever watched, this was the boat that was hit by a rogue wave during the season. They were lucky to be alive and with very few injuries.