Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Discover Alaska! August 26, 2012-September 8, 2012

Nearly 70 Commander Club and Crawford Club members have reserved their passage on our Alaskan Tour/Cruise August 26-September 28, 2012.

The first six days of our trip will be on land, and the last seven days of our trip will be spent cruising aboard the Sapphire Princess. We will begin our Alaska trip in Fairbanks where we will visit the El Dorado Gold Mine, pan for gold, the...n continue on an authentic Sternwheeler Riverboat Cruise, which will take us to an Athabascan fishing village.

The next three days will be spent in Denali/Mt. McKinley where we will enjoy the "music of Denali" dinner theater, take a Tundra Wilderness tour, eat at the King Salmon Restaurant and enjoy the natural beauty of Denali National Park.

From McKinley, we will travel by rain to Whittier where we will board the cruise ship. We will be traveling the inside passage with many stops along the way. At Glacier Bay, a naturalist will board the ship. We will stop at Skagway, an artsy community, where a walking tour is available, or you can choose to take a train ride. Travelers will have the opportunity to visit the museum at Skagway, or stop by the Red Onion and take a brothel tour.

Our ship will port in Alaska's Capital, Juneau (you can only travel to Juneau by sea or air), where we can walk to the state capital, ride a tramway up the mountain or stop by the Red Dog Saloon.

From Juneau, we will take a coach to Mendenhall Glacier. Ketchikan is a great place for fishing, and when our ship ports there, you will have plenty of time. You could also tour the totem poles or take a draft horse carriage tour. We encourage everyone to drop by Miss Molly's in Ketchikan.

The trip is all-inclusive and ranges in price per person from an inside cabin ($3998) to a Mini Suite with Balcony ($5198). If a trip to Alaska is on your "bucket list" you'll want to reserve your spot today. Initial reservations were due on November 1, 2011, but we can take additional passengers, as long as air space is available.