“Close but no cigar. I was on the Zaandam fron July 3 to July 10 and it started in Vancouver and returned to Vancouver. I never got to Anchorage”

We were on the Sapphire Princess. Both our ship and your ship were in port at Ketchikan on July 8, although only simultaneously for a couple of hours..

We hiked a portion of the Rainbird Trail starting at the south access point, and then explored the touristy parts of downtown before returning to the ship. I have a vague recollection of seeing your ship docked there.

Closer but still no cigar.

“It’s so easy to take the Creator’s beauty for granted.” – so true!
Brian’s link to his local photographer encouraged me to recommend one of our missionaries who is a professional photographer and has made some stunning pictures of our landscape here.

This is one of the Milky Way from Martin’s Cove.
https://www.markromesser.com/p831678384#hdc914453

Click on the small pictures at the bottom of the screen for the full gallery of the Pioneer Trail:
https://www.markromesser.com/f62983687

Your pictures made me appreciate the sunsets we have regularly in the desert of Eastern Washington. It’s so easy to take the Creator’s beauty for granted.

Here’s a local photographer and a recent sunset just outside of town.

https://www.facebook.com/kevinroylancephotography

My best friend’s wife died in her sixties. He decided to travel but used a group travel outfit like Trafalgar, and found he didn’t feel lonely or left out on his trips. I guess it just takes the desire to go and then find a way.

Congratulations for going for it!

My grandfather was a successful businessman and left my grandmother well-off when she was in her late sixties. We all hoped she would do something — she talked about Egypt or just going back to California — but she stayed in her little Florida apartment and played solitaire until she died in her 90s.