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09/06/2026

Juneau was my favorite port in Alaska, and it wasn’t because of the glacier.

We did Mendenhall in the morning and walked the trail out to Nugget Falls. About a mile each way, flat the whole way, and standing at the base of that waterfall with the glacier behind you is the part most people skip.

Then a short bus ride to the whale boat, and we were surrounded. Whales on both sides of us at once.

Then into town to eat. Geoff had king crab at Tracy’s right by the dock, and I had the best pulled pork sandwich I’ve had in a long time.

That’s why Juneau won. Glacier, whales, and a real town with real food, all in one day. No other port gives you all three.

If Alaska is on your list, I put together a free first-time cruiser checklist with the things I wish people knew before they book. It's here: https://emeraldcovetravel.com/free-guide

Save this for your Juneau day. 💚

09/02/2026

This is not your typical cruise. This is an Alaska cruise 🚢🧊🏔️.

Mendenhall Glacier in the morning. Most people stop at the visitor center, take the photo, and get back on the bus. The trail out to Nugget Falls is where it actually happens!

About a mile each way, flat the whole way, and you end up standing at the base of a waterfall with a glacier behind you. Worth every step 🥾

Save this for your Juneau day. 💚 cruisetipstips

Thank you Princess Cruises for having me aboard the Emerald Princess for Seminar at Sea 🚢.A week with the team who runs ...
09/02/2026

Thank you Princess Cruises for having me aboard the Emerald Princess for Seminar at Sea 🚢.

A week with the team who runs these sailings, the advisors who sell them, and the people who make Alaska work. I came home with answers I could not have gotten from a brochure, and my clients are the ones who benefit.

Grateful for the access and for a program that takes advisor education seriously. 💚

09/02/2026

I paid for these Alaska cruise answers so you don’t have to. 🚢

I know which trail is worth walking and which viewpoint isn’t enough. I know a glacier day can vanish in fog and how to build a trip so that doesn’t ruin it. I know bear viewing is a better July decision, not a late August one.
I know Ketchikan gives you more for free than most people ever find.
Someone asked why an advisor would go on this sailing. That’s why. Thank you Princess Cruises for the Seminar at Sea program.
None of it is on a website and now I know how to guide you best.
If Alaska is on your list for 2027, you know where to find me. 💚

If Alaska is on your list, I put together a free first-time cruiser checklist with the things I wish people knew before they book. It's here: https://emeraldcovetravel.com/free-guide

09/01/2026

Bribe accepted.

Coffee on the balcony, Inside Passage going by.
Seven days in Alaska and this is somehow the thing I keep thinking about.
Where’s your next one?
Tell me in the comments 💚

The question I got asked more than any other while I was in Alaska: which month should I go?There isn’t a best one. Ther...
08/27/2026

The question I got asked more than any other while I was in Alaska: which month should I go?

There isn’t a best one. There’s the one that matches what you actually want. Bears and warmth mean July. Value and northern lights mean September. Long days and dry weather mean June.

Save this for when you start planning, and tell me in the comments which one you’re leaning toward.

If Alaska is on your list, I put together a free first-time cruiser checklist with the things I wish people knew before they book. It's here: https://emeraldcovetravel.com/free-guide

08/24/2026

Three things I’d change about this week.
If I really wanted to see bears I’d book July or early August. Late season the salmon slow down and the bears don’t show.

Don’t build the trip around one glacier day. Ours got cancelled for fog, and no itinerary can promise you scenic cruising.

Leave more of the port days unplanned. My best hours all week were Creek Street and the trail out to Nugget Falls, and neither one needed a booking.

What I wouldn’t change is going.
This is what a working cruise is for. When you ask me about Alaska now, you’re getting answers I paid for myself.
Save this one. 💚

If Alaska is on your list, I put together a free first-time cruiser checklist with the things I wish people knew before they book. It's here: https://emeraldcovetravel.com/free-guide

08/24/2026

My excursion flopped. The day didn’t.

Ketchikan taught me something today at my own expense. Bear viewing gets unreliable late in the season once the salmon runs slow down. I knew that, said it in my own comments last week, and booked it anyway.

Geoff went fishing the same morning and came back with multiple salmon, packed and shipping them home.

The best part of the day cost nothing. Creek Street, salmon running right below us, a sea lion in the water, and a good meal.

If Alaska is on your list: book the ports, stay flexible on the extras, and leave part of the day unplanned.
That’s where the good stuff usually is.
Save this one for later 💚 princesscruises

08/23/2026

Off to find some bears in Ketchikan.

This is the one Alaska excursion I’ve been recommending to clients without ever having done it myself.
That changes this morning.
I’ll report back tonight on whether it lives up to what I’ve been telling people, and whether I’d send someone who’s worried about the walking.
💚

08/23/2026

The captain cancelled our glacier this morning. Then the whales showed up.

Humpbacks all around the ship for the better part of the afternoon. 🐳
Blows in every direction, tails going down one after another, and everyone out on deck completely quiet watching it..

That’s Alaska.
It takes something and then it hands you something else, and you can’t plan which one you get.

So what are you waiting for?
If Alaska has been on your list, message me and let’s find your week for 2027. 💚
I put together a free first-time cruiser checklist with the things I wish people knew before they book. It's here: https://emeraldcovetravel.com/free-guide

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