If you've ever booked a cruise during the pandemic, you know how frustrating it can be. In 2019, we booked our Alaska cruise for May 2021. Well, May 2022 was our make-up cruise for the cancelled 2021 sailing. Better late than never, right? Dawes Glacier - Endicott Arm Pre-cruise First, I’ll hit our pre-cruise stay in Seattle. We hailed a Lyft from the airport ($50 + tip). You need to cross the sky bridge and go down one level until you see the green barriers. The signage was actually great, but several escalators to get there were on the fritz. Our Lyft dropped us at the Fairfield Inn & Suites near the Space Needle. The hotel seems newly updated and the front desk staff were very friendly and helpful. For dinner, we took the advice of the front desk staff and visited Thomas Street Warehouse . The prices are actually really great for downtown, and they have a cool cocktail menu. In the morning, we grabbed breakfast tacos at Jack’s BBQ on 9th. The brisket was the best,
This trip was much slower-paced than our usual sojourns to wine country because we took hubby’s parents and aunt with us. It was also March, which is the earliest we’ve ever visited. While green, the bud break hadn’t started and the evenings were quite chilly. We flew into Sacramento and stayed at our favorite winery, The Terraces . View from The Terraces in the morning. Check out the hot air balloons! Two of the three days were repeats for us as they are all wine clubs we have so you can find detailed reviews in some of my previous Napa and Sonoma blog posts. They included DeLoach, Campana Ranch, Buena Vista, Raymond, Pope Valley, and The Terraces. The three new-to-us wineries were: Artesa is located in the Carneros region with fantastic views of the north side of the bay on a clear day and boasting of biodynamic processes. They have some interesting varietals, and we really enjoyed our tasting. I do want to note that since it was first thing in the morning, we chos