Beth Blair

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Ready. Set. Go! Today I’m on my way to Alaska for the Princess Cruises Twitter Cruisetour. My family is staying behind with my (brave) inlaws, but you can be certain I’m going to be scouting for family-friendly adventures for next time when they will accompany me. In the meantime, I’m hoping the weather is appropriate for all of the exciting excursions my mom and I plan to partake in. Rumor has it Alaska weather is extremely versatile and rain tends to make frequent appearances. I’m happy to have found the perfect London Fog hooded raincoat for my adventure (thank you Sam’s Club).

Here are the land and shore excursions we selected:

Land:

• Denali Glacier Landing by Helicopter
• Mt. McKinley Glacier Landing by Plane
• Black Bear ATV Adventure

Shore:

• Alaska Sled Dog and Musher’s Camp in Skagway
• Whale Watching and Salmon Bake in Juneau
• Rainforest Canopy and Zipline Expedition in Ketchikan

Follow along on our Alaska adventure at: http://twitter.com/BethBlair

Follow everyone in our group by searching Twitter for: #FollowMeAtSea.

Blog posts to come on The Vacation Gals.

I’m extremely excited to announce that I’ve been invited to partake in the Princess Cruises Twitter Cruisetour June 15-26 along with several other travel bloggers and their guests. This 11-day Princess Cruises excursion starts off in Fairbanks, Alaska. We (my mom is joining me) then journey through Alaska, staying at three Princess’ wilderness lodges: Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge, Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge. We have the opportunity to partake in various land excursions and ride on the Princess Rail.

After our days on land we will set sail on the Coral Princess for our seven days at sea which includes viewing Hubbard Glacier and Glacier Bay National Park and ports Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Vancouver, Canada.

I’ve booked our land and hore excursions which was no easy decision for this adventurer: Alaska Sled Dog and Musher’s Camp in Skagway, Whale Watching and Salmon Bake in Juneau and Rainforest Canopy and Zipline Expedition in Ketchikan. As for our land excursions, it looks like a Glacier Landing by flight and helicopter is in our future and an ATV adventure!

Here’s a glimpse of our daily itinerary:

4-Day Land Tour

Tuesday, 6/15  Arrive Fairbanks; overnight at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge

Wednesday, 6/16 Depart for Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge

Thursday, 6/17  Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge

Friday, 6/18  Depart for Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge

Saturday, 6/19 Depart for Coral Princess

7-day Cruise Aboard Coral Princess

Saturday, 6/19   Anchorage (Whittier)

Sunday, 6/20   Hubbard Glacier

Monday, 6/21   Glacier Bay National Park

Tuesday, 6/22   Skagway

Wednesday, 6/23  Juneau

Thursday, 6/24   Ketchikan

Friday, 6/25   Inside Passage (scenic cruising)

Saturday, 6/26   Vancouver (Head home)

I’m  looking forward to learning about cruising and passing along my discoveries to my readers and followers – and taking photos!

Wish to follow along?

Follow me at: http://twitter.com/BethBlair

Follow everyone in our group by searching: #FollowMeAtSea.

I will also be vlogging and writing blog posts from sea and posting here on BethBlair.com and on TheVacationGals.com.

See you at sea!