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There are three basic types of vacation in my household. A family vacation entails going to visit far-flung relatives. A learning vacation means exploring a new place with my husband, with lots of sightseeing and guide-book consulting. And a non-learning vacation requires relaxing on a lounge chair near a pool or ocean, with a good book and a margarita. I thought the cruise we took last summer through Alaska’s stunning Inside Passage would fall in the last category — we’d sit on our stateroom balcony and watch the nice scenery go by. But somehow, I ended up accidentally learning a few things. Here are five of them. ▪ It ain’t easy getting rich: I never knew much about the Klondike Gold Rush until we arrived in Skagway. More than a century before, hordes of prospectors arrived in this tiny port town and its neighbor, Dyea, after the Seattle Intelligencer newspaper ran the headline “GOLD! GOLD!” to report a discovery of the precious metal in Canada’s Yukon Territory. More than 30,000 people, including women and children, flocked to Dyea to climb the 1,500-step “Golden Staircase” that was cut into an icy foothill.
From there, the grueling 33-mile Chilkoot Trail would take them to the Yukon River — with another 500 miles ahead of them to reach the goldfields. Others chose the “easier” White Pass Trail out of Skagway, but neither was for the faint of heart. Some pioneers made multiple trips in order to muster the 2,000 pounds of supplies that Canadian officials required to enter the country. Thousands of pack animals died on the path; just look for the spot on the map marked “Dead Horse Gulch.” The journey got a bit in easier in 1900 after investors spent $10 million to build a 110-mile railroad from Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon. Today, that same White Pass & Yukon Route railway offers cruise ship passengers an informative and scenic ride through beautiful but unforgiving mountainous terrain. ▪ That glacier looks blue: A tour through Glacier Bay National Park offered us breathtaking views. Many glaciers have a gorgeous blue tint because of the way light plays off them: The tightly packed ice absorbs red rays in the spectrum, but not blue ones.
Margerie Glacier was jaw-dropping. Standing about 25 stories above the water line, it extends for another 100 feet below. It appears impressive enough from afar, but you don’t truly understand the scale until you see the glacier calve, when a chunk of ice breaks off. The splash sounds like thunder because the fragment is much bigger than it seems. ▪ You can’t drive to Juneau: The capital is only accessible by plane or boat. That fact, and the city’s relatively small population (32,000), has caused periodic debates about moving the seat of government to the more populous Anchorage region (300,000). Anchorage is on Alaska’s limited road system, accessible via car to more than half the state’s population. Juneau is hardly the only Alaska community unreachable on four wheels, which explains the state’s relatively high number of pilot licenses. Float planes were a common sight during our cruise, and you can book sightseeing flights in many places. ▪ Rain is just another word for “liquid sunshine”: We arrived in Juneau during a light drizzle, so I stupidly thought our scheduled biking excursion would be canceled.
The guides just handed us waterproof pants and jackets, and off we pedaled to see the Mendenhall Glacier. I’ve since discovered Juneau gets about 5 feet (1.5 meters) of rain per year, so life would be pretty impossible if residents bowed to inclement weather. Ironically, we enjoyed brilliant blue skies a few days later in Ketchikan, which gets 13 feet (4 meters) of precipitation annually.▪ Nature: the best show on earth: The sun in Ketchikan spotlighted an amazing phenomenon on land — hordes of salmon fighting the currents in Ketchikan Creek to return to their spawning grounds. We gawked and marveled as the fish threw themselves up a rocky waterfall. Though I’ve often heard the phrase “like salmon swimming upstream” to describe going against the flow, I didn’t really appreciate the sentiment until then.About this itemImportant Made in USA Origin Disclaimer:About this itemImportant Made in USA Origin Disclaimer:When a mysterious and powerful vortex suddenly appears in various LEGO worlds, different characters from DC Comics, Lord of the Rings and the LEGO Movie are swept away.
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