Easy $35 cab ride from airport to Canada Place Pier.

Vancouver

Pilot, Michelle was awesome. Great experience and education about Alaska and wildlife.

Did pilot's choice tour and landed on Herbert Glacier. Saw the amazing blues up close. The glacier itself had icy surface -- more so than the snowy surface from Ross Glacier near Denali.

$30/pp round trip on blue bus. At the park, 20-minute walk 1.25 miles from visitors center to falls. Only need about two hours at the glacier if you just want to walk to Nugget Falls and back.

White pass and Yukon route train 27.7-mile ride to fraser British Columbia lasted about 90 minutes. 

Then transfer to van to summit and then 15-mile bike ride back down. 

Made three or four stops on the way down plus one stop at US customs as we came back into Alaska from British Columbia. 

Was a little chilly for part of the ride as we probably got up to 25 mph. Different perspective from taking the train up. 

Sockeye cycle tour partner: 1.5 mile walk from cruise ship when docked at railroad pier in furthest location.

Cruise itinerary:

July 1 - depart Vancouver

July 2 - cruising Inside passage

July 3 - docked at Ketchikan, Alaska

July 4 - docked at Icy Straight Point, Alaska

July 5 - docked at Juneau, Alaska

July 6 - docked at Skagway, Alaska

July 7 - cruising Hubbard glacier

July 8 - arrive Seward, Alaska

Tour itinerary:

July 8 - motor coach from Seward to Talkeetna

July 9 - motor coach from Talkeetna to Denali

July 10 - motor coach from Denali to Talkeetna; Wilderness Express train from Talkeetna to Anchorage

Inside passage:

Ended up setting clocks back an additional hour.Motor coach from Denali to Talkeetna and Wilderness Express train from Talkeetna to Anchorage:

The final stretch of the tour was probably the most uneventful as we were back-tracking through our route out to Denali from Anchorage.

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