Southern Sierran
Chapter to cruise Alaska

By Donna Specht and Ana Cadez

Denali National Park. Photo by Dick Clement

Answer the call of the wild with your pioneer spirit as we explore the land John Muir said was "still in the morning of creation." Travel with your Angeles Chapter and Orange County Sierra Singles friends May 20-27, 2006, on the luxurious Sapphire Princess as we head north up the Inside Passage from Vancouver, Canada to the Alaskan ports of Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway. View all the great maritime mammals and active tidewater glaciers with an on board naturalist. Join us for onboard get-togethers and brisk hikes around the promenade deck. On ports-of-call days, go ashore and see the totem poles of Ketchikan, the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, the Klondike Gold Rush Trail of 1898 from Skagway or join the leaders on hikes and frontier saloon explorations. Cruise Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. After crossing the mighty Gulf of Alaska, we bid farewell in Whittier for transport to Anchorage and the flight home. Your cruise fare includes an astounding array of onboard facilities: ship stateroom, ocean transport, gourmet meals, quality entertainment, exercise opportunities, and some beverages. Staterooms available from $564 based on double occupancy. Port charges, taxes, transfers, tips, discounted airfare extra. Move fast, limited spaces in each category. Contact Violet Calderon, Montrose Travel's Group Division (800-301-9673) for a brochure and the best cabin choices or visit www.montrosetravel.com/sierraclub. A post-cruise extension will be offered to Denali National Park. For information on either the cruise or the extension, please send a SASE or e-mail to cruise coordinator Donna Specht, 22221 Wood Island Lane, Huntington Beach, 92646, 714-963-6345 or Donna Specht .

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