by Bill McCurry | Jul 18, 2013 | Humor, Travel
Alaskan Cruise, Days 10 and 11 – At Sea If a cruise is going to suck, it will probably suck on the days you’re at sea. You paid to visit fascinating places by ship. When you’re not at the fascinating places, you’ve just got ship. I grant that it’s a marvelous ship,...
by Bill McCurry | Jul 17, 2013 | Humor, Travel
Alaskan Cruise, Day 9 – Whittier Ninety-five percent of the people on this ship disappeared this morning. The ship has reached its northern-most port of call and will begin sailing back to Vancouver tonight. Most people travel just one direction on this trip, but the...
by Bill McCurry | Jul 12, 2013 | Humor, Travel
Alaskan Cruise, Day 5 – Juneau My wife and I resumed our prophylactic anti-heart-attack walking regime at 7:00 a.m. Alaska Time, a lazy three hours after sunrise. A gale hurled drizzle across the Celestial deck. It would probably have destroyed our roof back home, but...
by Bill McCurry | Jul 9, 2013 | Humor, Marriage, Travel
Alaskan Cruise, Day 3 – Sailing North I’ve found that cruising is about three things: food, booze, and karaoke. The booze isn’t free, and my tolerance for $12 martinis is limited. Nobody would ever sing karaoke unless they were lit up like Chernobyl. That leaves food,...
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