Well, today's the day. After much anticipation, we finally leave for our Alaskan cruise. We set sail today from San Francisco, which is very nice--we don't have to fly anywhere! Our friend and pastor, Susan, is coming to pick us up in about 4 hours. We're all packed and probably overpacked. Oh well.

We decided on this trip a while ago when we realized that a European voyage wasn't going to work out this year. We've long wanted to do the cruise to Alaska so this seemed to be the right moment. We're sailing the Inside Passage. I'll list the ports of call later. But we have shore excursions lined up for most of the ports.

And I'm hoping that I'll be able to continue this blog. I understand that there's wifi on board the ship but only in public areas. I don't know how good it will be or even if it's free. We'll see about that shortly I suppose.

We're sailing on the Celebrity Century. It first sailed in 1995 and was refurbished a few years ago. They're taking the Century out of service next year so this will be one of her last cruises. Most of the reviews I've read about her have been good.

So feel free to follow along to see what adventures we find up north.