The info for this day skips around a bit because of the nature of this trip. Since I wanted this blog to be specifically about the Iceland trip, I am, for the most part, excluding the two days we spent in Washington and an overnight back in Seattle on our return; I will go from leaving Ketchikan, AK to the actual departure to Reykjavik, Iceland from Seattle, WA.This was a pretty typical morning here in Ketchikan with the weather overcast. To get this trip going...

I woke up to a beautiful day this morning. We are back in US waters! Everybody seems to be out on the decks enjoying the views as we pull into Bellingham, WA. This is kind of a boring port because it looks pretty much like a shipping port and not much else. Lots of barges tied up around here and a few boaters out and about. The dock we pull into is nothing fancy and I think ours, back home in Ketchikan, actually looks a little nicer. We pull in right next t...