• Home
  • About
  • Travel
    • USA
      • Alaska
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Missouri
      • Oregon
      • Wisconsin
    • Caribbean
    • Cruise
    • Dubai
    • France
    • Italy
    • Korea
    • Mexico
    • View All
  • Life
    • Beauty
    • Food + Drink
      • Whole30
    • Home Decor
      • Loft Life
    • Social Justice
    • Tech
    • Videos
    • View All
  • Adoption
  • Style
    • Capsule Wardrobe
    • Diversity Chic
    • View All
  • Portfolio
  • Contact
  • Shop

Stephanie Drenka

Travel

Snapshots from Celebrity Solstice

Monday, July 16, 2018 Cruise

As the 100+ temperatures in Dallas reach record highs this week, it seems like the perfect time to relive our Alaskan adventures and finish editing travel photos. This month has been a whirlwind. Between listing/selling our house and moving downtown, my parents also took our family on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. I got sidetracked with the move and didn’t have a chance to post anything here about this incredible Alaskan cruise.

Celebrity Solstice 7 Night Tracy Arm Fjord Cruise
Over the next few weeks, I’m planning to share more details about each day. But, I took more than 4,000 photos and culled those down to 454 I want to edit… so it may take awhile. In the meantime, here’s a quick overview of our itinerary and some favorite photos.

Day 1: Seattle, Washington

Day 2: At Sea

Day 3: Ketchikan, Alaska
The first stop of our incredible cruise was Ketchikan. Alaska’s “First City” is known for its salmon, scenery, and totem pole sculptures.

Day 4 (morning): Tracy Arm Fjords & Dawes Glacier
We weren’t able to sail through Tracy Arm because there was too much glacial ice to navigate safely. Instead, we were taking a detour through Endicott Arm, and might get close enough to see Dawes glacier.

Day 4 (afternoon): Juneau, Alaska
I knew we were in for a good day in Juneau as soon as we stepped off the Celebrity Solstice and watched a bald eagle soar in front of the ship.

Day 5: Skagway, Alaska
The Yukon Bus & Rail Excursion in Skagway had everything a girl could ask for in a shore excursion: mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, turquoise-colored lakes, and PUPPIES.

Day 6: At Sea

Day 7: Victoria, British Columbia
The final stop of our Celebrity Solstice itinerary was in the picturesque capital of British Columbia- Victoria.

Celebrity Solstice

Subscribe

Previous How to Style a Bar Cart for Summer
Next Nothing Much to Say (And That’s Okay!)

Reader Interactions

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Instagram post 2193222558270988730_218735928 "and is your place in heaven
worth giving up these kisses"
- tori amos, cooling 🎵 #bside
Instagram post 2188866997366635192_218735928 Celebrating the last day of #NaNoWriMo and #NAAM with a mug of makgeolli 🇰🇷 50,080 words written ✍🏼 This memoir is nowhere close to being finished, but it exists now. And that's more than I could say on November 1st. #nanowrimo2019 #adopteevoices #amwriting #writersofig #nationaladoptionawarenessmonth #qwerkywriter
Instagram post 2173537144174249691_218735928 A picture taking a picture of my picture of @kendallkendrix 😂📷 #auroraexpanded
Instagram post 2157431005271529801_218735928 공주 vibes 🇰🇷❤️
Instagram post 2154050873827668211_218735928 i blinked, and our trip was over. almost like a dream. ended the week unexpectedly alone at a hotel (#standbytravel) and had a strong sense of déjà vu this morning. i'm remembering what it was like to be alone in a hotel room 11 years ago after returning from a visit to the adoption agency and learning i had two older sisters. i was filled with emotions and lost in thought with no one to talk to. getting ready for today's flight home, my heart somehow feels both full and broken. i couldn't stop crying after i said goodbye to my sister at the airport yesterday. every time i leave my birth family, it's with more questions than i started. so many things i wish i knew how to say in a language that would have been mine, but is foreign to me now. even though my dream came true when i found them, there are no real happy endings in adoption stories. but there is a chance to write a new chapter. #stephaniewashere #nanowrimo2019 #amwriting #writersofig
Copyright © 2019 Stephanie Drenka
Theme by SheShoppes