From gazing at a lone bald-head eagle perched in a tree in Sitka to sliding and splashing in pools on board ships, cruise vacations create memorable moments that last a lifetime.
Whether we’re on a nature walk in Alaska, doing a belly flop into the pool or spiraling down a waterslide, ships transport us to a place that is far from our busy and chaotic lives back home.
Of course, you might argue that these are characteristics true of any vacation. But when time ashore is mixed with time at sea, a certain magic works its way into our souls.
As the poet e.e. cummings once wrote: For whatever we lose (like a you or a me). It’s always our self we find in the sea.
