I'm back from one of the best vacations I've had in years.  You might remember me advertising an Alaskan Cruise and Northwest Tour with YMT Vacations last Winter.  This past week was the trip.  About 30 people from the Upstate and Western North Carolina signed up...and we had a big time.  The scenery in Alaska was unbelieveable as expected, but when you can see whales, sea otters, bears, and other animals in their natural habitat...it really made the trip special.

The folks who came along became good friends immediately and every last one of them had a sense of humor.  I didn't get to do the first part of the trip, but they saw a man walking the street buck nekkid in San Francisco and experienced a delay on the train trip because a woman had tazed her husband and then locked herself in a bathroom.  Only in America!

Many thanks to those who came along.  I hope you had as much fun as we did.  Stay close.  We might rustle up something again in about a year's time.