Gene Kaczka has traveled to many places in the world, including Alaska. The highlights of that trip: Fantastic small ship cruise, from the former Russian enclave at Sitka, going north to Glacier Bay National Park, accompanied by Tlingit and Alaskan guides. Stopping often for wild life: puffins and murres, sea otters, sea lions, and grizzlies - all on a backdrop of mountain scenery and calving glaciers. Each day revealing many reasons to "ooh" and "ahh!"