Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Tuesday, July 1: Kansas to Seattle

This trip was a repeat of a cruise that most people would describe as “once-in-a-lifetime”, but we’re very lucky people, so we went back a second time.  We ended up on the same cruise ship and the same itinerary, but started with a couple of days in Sitka, which we’d never visited before.

A word on the cruise line:  we used Uncruise, which was Innersea Discoveries 2 years ago (no change in ownership).  We LOVE this type of cruise- small ships, passionate crew with educational backgrounds in fields such as marine biology, very laid back (no one locks their staterooms), up close and personal with nature, and minimal extra costs beyond the inital price (other than tips, which are NOT automatically added to your bill).


The trip to Seattle took up most of Tuesday, thanks to a 7-hour layover in Denver (originally supposed to be 3 hours till United changed its schedule).  We coped by hanging out in the United Club even though we hated rewarding them for messing up our schedule by paying for day passes.  The “free” alcohol helped.  



The flight to Seattle was delayed, of course, but by only about half an hour.  Sadly, that exceeds my expectations for airlines these days.  Still, it was nearly 11 PM Seattle time when we checked into the Airport Marriott.

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