knukruzer

hey there Hard-habit-to-break ~

here is another review you should check out and possibly get some more info about traveling from 'down under' to the lovely 'great white north.' Twinkd may have some insights for you, i believe they have done two Alaska trips from New Zealand. am guessing if you post on it she will give ya a hello. ps, i am totally jealous of your planned trip, it sounds fabulous!!! you will do a review i hope :D jealous of your ability to get more than 2 weeks in a row off, so many employers here will not allow it

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1708676

September 19th, 2012, 12:35 AM

Twinkd

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Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: Whakatane, New Zealand

Posts: 317

Review of Cruise and Independent Land Tour with photos

sorry for the interruption L.J., did not mean to hijack your review or anything. please continue with your great review!!! just trying to help a fellow cruise critic traveler out ;)

LJ ~

so glad to see you back in the saddle or thread :D as always beautiful and wonderful pics!!! thanks so very much for sharing your trip with us.

congrats on winning the fishing title of 2012 :D

greatly appreciate all of everybody's insights / suggestions for alaska trip planning, thanks.

i can't speak for the others, but i am more than willing to hear about & see your last trip :D:eek::D that whale shot is spectacular!!! if only we get that lucky!

Thanks for taking the time to do this wonderful review. I am LOVING it.

 

Question that I didn't see explained as you always explain everything so well. What is the K & R for on the Halibut count board?

 

i am guessing it is Kept & Returned, or something close....we shall have to await LG for the final answer thou

 

I went back and started over re-reading this review for several reasons;

 

1. Great Story Teller

2. Awesome Pictures

3. Beautiful family, love seeing the smiles on everyones faces.

 

we 2nd & 3rd that for sure - love all of the pictures!!!

 

4. Research, I'm cruising Alaska next June. I will add some more of your tips to my cruise planning paper, it is already 12 pages long...

flounder, where & for how long are ya planning?

LJ - we be missing our pic a day...... :eek: :D ;)

BEAUTIFUL WHALE PICS!!!

love them all, the ones with the mountains in the back ground are especially beautiful. great job and thanks again for sharing.

enjoy the concert you two!

DRAT...... another cliff hanger :p :( :D

OMG LJ! the whale pictures are beyond beautiful!!! thanks so much for posting them. did you do more than one whale watching excursion? do you recommend any other ports for whales besides Juneau?

we are so looking forward to whale watching next june and lots more of your pictures to get us thru to next june :D :D

Hey All,

 

Sorry for no new posting tonight. We're getting ready for a big family weekend away, so I won't be doing new posts until Sunday night. See you then!

 

L.J.

L.J. ~ we miss you :D

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

thanks so much for sharing L.J. & Bev, you two look like you are having a wonderful time :)

:D i am with Kathy, one pic a day until next june when we get to head up north :D

love it so far, beautiful lupines!!! looking forward to the "bear facts & photos" of flying in to have lunch with a big griz! thanks LJ & Bev

After perusing through this thread I noticed a couple of what I would consider necessary items missing & they are

1)eyeglass repair kit

2) extra pair of glasses should the repair kit not fix the problem

3)for contact lens wearers bring one or two extra pairs, keeping one pair in your pack or purse should you lose one or both contact lenses or they get damaged.

4)reading glasses for reading menus

You can't enjoy what you can NOT see;)

this is a must for those of us with sight limitations! i thought of the spare glassed while i was on a jet ski / wave rider on the first port of call!!! panic hit when i thought 'OMG if i lose my glasses i will be blind for the next 9 days' :eek: :eek: :eek: then i backed off the throttle and was very careful :p note to self - always pack spare glasses when cruising!