gepaza

Got finished with a cruise jus last week (Allure).  Our steward provided copies every night, without us even asking.

I'm wondering where is the best place on the bus to sit in these tours? Front? Back? Left side?

The driver will answer questions over and above all the canned stuff, so if you sit up front you get to ask more questions. Right or left only makes a difference if the action happens to be on the other side. You will see one side going out and the other side coming back and animals show up on both sides.

Wear a jacket or layers enough to keep you warm - it snowed on us a little in the first week of August and there is generally a pretty strong breeze.

Oh, and for those who carry a book to get stamped at the national parks, they do that for you at the gift/rest center (at mile 18, if I remember correctly) where we got out to stretch our legs. That is where I got the video of the beautiful colors of the Polychrome valley.

p.s., look around at the rest center. We were standing, looking and talking when my wife happened to look up on the ridge behind the center and discovered 4 Dall Sheep grazing around up there.

If there is still doubt in anyone's mind about going on the TWT, let me share with you some video I made in the Toklat River Basin while on the tour back in August of Ought-11 (2011 for you young-uns). The videos are of 3 bears and a wolf "discussing" dinner arrangements over a caribou that our guide told us the wolf had actually taken down 3-4 days earlier. It definitely is not a part of the regular fare of the tour but is a great example of what you may get to see. Just go to youtube, search for gepaza66, and enjoy the action in the 4 videos. It is not professional by any means but you get to see a lot of not-everyday sights.

We are going to Alaska again this summer and I will not miss this tour!

We also were lucky enough to see a Golden Eagle on that same tour

Thanks, Mike! The wording threw me off a little when they said that robes were available. I somrtimes get a little picky about wording from 30 years of contracts management.

Looking forward to our first cruise!

George

Is there a charge for the robes? I mean for use on board, not if I want to take them home.