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This Alaska cruise was the perfect venue for a family reunion
The family enjoyed scenic wildlife and glacier views while reconnecting during their weeklong cruise from Seattle to southeast Alaska aboard the Westerdam.
- A group of thirteen cousins and their spouses gathered on Holland America’s Westerdam for a seven-day voyage traveling from Seattle through southeast Alaska and returning to the starting point.
- The cruise provided a chance to reconnect because the family members usually see each other only every couple of years.
- During the trip, the ship docked at Juneau, Alaska's compact capital, where the author’s wheelchair tire was deflated but quickly repaired by a nearby shop.
- The Westerdam, 936 feet long and twice the length of Hurtigruten’s M.S., offered a perfect venue for the family, and a whale was spotted 100 feet off the bow after days at sea.
- The cruise enhanced family bonds and created lasting memories, suggesting future returns as the speaker imagines coming back similarly to migrating fish.
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This Alaska cruise was the perfect venue for a family reunion
By James Walsh, The Minnesota Star Tribune Restless, I wheeled up to the coffee shop and bar on the 10th deck at the bow of the Westerdam. Through massive, slanted windows, a dense midmorning fog obscured everything as if the ship were crawling in the center of a heavy, low cloud. All around me, people filled the comfy armchairs, reading, chatting, sipping beverages. Then, the fog cleared and, ahead, smooth, unbroken sea. Until … there, 100 feet…
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