I understand that on one's birthday, one is simply a single day older than the day before. However, this year's made a good excuse to book a 7-day Alaskan cruise. I love having a summer birthday! We leave from downtown Vancouver on Saturday, July 20th. Three days later, on the actual date I was born, we will spend the day in the port of Skagway, AK. Jay and I began looking over the available activities last week.
I have spent a lot of time in the air during my life. I've been on airplanes both big and small, but mostly big. A few years ago, I ticked off a bucket list item of riding in a hot-air balloon. It was amazing as we rose on an early morning flight at the edge of the Valley of the Kings and silently drifted across the Nile River, landing in a crowded backyard in rural Luxor.
Of course, our time in Alaska will be much different. Realizing I have never ever been in a helicopter, we confirmed tickets to land on a glacier. We will only spend around 40 minutes exploring the top of the river of ice. However, experiencing the Alaskan scenery from a rotorcraft seems like a perfect treat for my sixtieth birthday.