I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

Oh no

Amateur Traveler episode 473. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

gray whales, Alaskan brown bears, bald eagles, and bushwhacking as we do a different kind of crews in

southeastern Alaska.

Maybe not maybe not so the day. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen and this is the

10th anniversary show of the amateur traveler. Amateur traveler started 2005 and as far as I can remember it started on July 2nd.

I think it actually started a couple weeks earlier but that is the date you will find

in the first episode so that is our official birthday. We'll talk more about that later on but first... first A cruise in the inland passage in Alaska may or may not be in your plans, but we're going to talk

about a different kind of cruise today.

Talking about a cruise ship that has no pool, has no rock climbing wall, no water slides, no casino, no art auctions, no evening

shows with singers and dancers. You don't have to dress up for dinner and you may only

get one option for dessert. My wife and I were given this cruise by the company whose name is UnCruz

and at the risk of giving away the punchline we've already put down money on another cruise.

The cruise we went on which was called Discover's Glacier Country

started in Juneau, ended in Juneau, and visited exactly no other cities, towns, or villages.

This is a trip about wildlife,

and this is a trip where the typical day sounds like this. Those of you who are kayakers may recognize that sound, it's the sound of a double person kayak paddling through one of the many

bays in the area. Before we start talking about what you do on a cruise like this, let's talk

a little bit about getting there and then about southeastern Alaska in general.

To get to Juneau you can either fly or take a ferry flying was what we did.

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