After beating our bodies up hiking around Whistler, we headed to the port of Vancouver to hop about the Nieuw Amsterdam ship from Holland America. This was my 3rd family cruise with the Jennifer’s immediate and extended family. We are one of those rare families where all the in-laws get along. This included, my brother and sister-in-law, their kids, and parents. The cruise was a round trip up the Alaskan coastline. Passengers disembarking joked, or maybe seriously, stated they had rain all 7 days. We hoped for the former as we boarded. The ship was the one that we first cruised together on, but it had be tastefully renovated. Our goal for the first stop was an ice cave in Juneau. Unfortunately, everyone we asked said any cave that would be accessible already melted. The idea of hiking up a muddy trail without a reasonable probability of success didn’t thrill us. It was also raining, so we opted for a tamer suggestion, a photo with the fire weed. Our taxi driver was a bit perplexed by us and crowned us the most interesting ride of the day. Unfortunately, with the rain came the clouds, so we didn’t get a great […]