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Alaska's Inside Passage on Star Princess
Photo courtesy of Princess Cruises“Up north there’s a land without fences. Animals outnumber people, sunlight shines at midnight, and nature reigns. Life is different. This northern frontier still...
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Cruising Alaska, Day One: Pre-cruise Adventures in San Francisco
San Francisco is impossibly charming. It doesn’t matter how many times I visit, and I visit regularly, I fall more deeply in love with her each time. The Avid Cruiser’s 2014 Alaska Guide lists a number...
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Cruising Alaska, day two: Departing San Francisco on Star Princess
We woke up to Star Princess dominating the view from our hotel room. She docked around 7 a.m., and I can only imagine how hard the crew worked to turn everything around for us to board at 1 p.m....
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Cruising Alaska, day three: Sailing to America's Last Frontier on Star Princess
The view from our balcony this morning: Star Princess cutting a wake through the deep blue Pacific Ocean.Today was our first full day at sea on Star Princess. We awoke to a crisp 57-degrees, clear blue...
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Cruising Alaska, day four: Still Sailing Toward Alaska on Star Princess
Sailing, sailing, sailing, with nothing but ocean and the Star Princess from dawn to dusk. Today was our second full day at sea. My friend and I intentionally opted out of every planned activity...
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Cruising Alaska, day five: Last Day at Sea on Star Princess Before Ketchikan
In anticipation of rainy Ketchikan tomorrow, the sun politely showed up in full force today to wish us farewell. With moderate temps in the high 50s, the Star Princess was buzzing with activity. The...
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Cruising Alaska, day six: Ketchikan, Alaska on Star Princess
What we were told about Ketchikan prior to arriving: Ketchikan is the rain capital of Alaska. It rains 240 days a year. Locals measure rain in feet, not inches (13 feet annually). The town is nestled...
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Cruising Alaska, day seven: Juneau, Alaska on Star Princess
Heather and I booked different shore excursions in Juneau today, but both discovered the epic, bucket list Alaska we’d been waiting for. The Alaska we explored today is the Alaska you can’t believe is...
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Cruising Alaska, day eight: Skagway, Alaska on Star Princess
The indigenous Tlingits called it Skagua, meaning approximately “the place where the north wind blows.” The gold rush stampeders mispronounced it Skaguay. and it has since been spelled Cquque,...
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Cruising Alaska, day nine: Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska on Star Princess
Our alarm blared at 5:00am. Though I was up wrangling sea-bound WiFi and posting about Skagway until after 1:00am, it was no matter…time for glaciers! We quickly bundled ourselves in warm layers,...
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Cruising Alaska, day ten: Sailing Toward Canada on Star Princess
The Star Princess spent all day at sea, sailing south toward Victoria, British Columbia. We only have two more days onboard before we disembark in San Francisco. At this point in our itinerary the...
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Cruising Alaska, day eleven: Victoria, British Columbia on Star Princess
Victoria is known as “The City of Gardens.” It sits at the southern tip of Vancouver Island and it’s the western most point in Canada. Established as a trading post in 1843 in honor of England’s Queen...
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A Love Letter to Alaska
John Muir wrote of Alaska: "Going to the mountains is going home."Every time I travel I fall in love. Movement seduces me. My wanderlust is palpable, an insatiable ache. This is true for every vagabond...
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Live + Learn: I Desire Mapped Half the Year Away
{ this post is part of the desire map series // you're invited }July is nearly over. You guys. July. Is. Nearly. Over. Where did 2014 go? Oh right, I've been out of town until basically now. I'm also...
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Soulful Travel Preparation: Guest post on Lane Letters
Given our mutual love of travel, it is only appropriate that Christy and I met via Instagram. I was in Alaska on assignment for The Avid Cruiser writing daily Live Voyage Reports about my adventures. I...
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Salt Roads Feature: Serial Adventurer
Music. Film. Photography. Art. Fashion. Lifestyle. Event calendar for all things awesome in Salt Lake City. Enter Salt Roads. This innovative cultural aggregator site launched just last week and I was...
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RTW Adventure. Yes, I said it.
It's time. I've flirted with this long enough. Anyone who has known me longer than three minutes knows my life's passion is travel. I'm at my best when I'm in motion. I'm also passionate about writing,...
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Staying Motivated in the Pursuit of Epic Dreams
"I asked myself, can you do this? I answered, I will try. So I'm curious if I can. If I make it, I'll know I can. I've crossed a boundary." - Laura Dekker, sailorI recently took a leap of faith. I made...
View ArticleA word on clarity, declarations, and the power of your voice (part one)
I've been in a declarative mood as of late. Perhaps it was the sun in Leo's lion providing vicarious courage. Perhaps it's Mars in Scorpio, forcing a warrior spirit to wrestle everything into the...
View ArticleA word on clarity, declarations, and the power of your voice (part two)
This is the second half of a two-part post. Click to read the first installment, in which I talk about the relationship between clear declarations and living the life you want to live.Diagnosis:...
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