[Sukoshi's Mom]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

OMG, tell me about it! I heard about the crash within hours, and all I could think about was YTers. Both SukoshisMom and rowdysmom are visiting. I had to double check their itineraries before I relaxed.

The crash was horrible. Two sisters and their husbands from Massachusetts. In their 50s and 60s, I think. One recently retired.

But that tragedy aside, I hope it works out that I get to meet SukoshisMom! Maybe she'll bring some of that SoCal warmth to Alaska!

Well...the cruise is over , and we're back to work. Our flight left Anchorage an hour late Wednesday evening, but luckily we had an hour and a half layover scheduled in Las Vegas, so we still made our connecting flight, and we arrived home at 2:30 am yesterday (Thursday) morning. Mike (alaskayorkie) was so wonderful to pick us up from the airport so we could meet, and I must say it was so great to get to meet he and the boys! Jack and Eddie are soooooooo cute, and Jack is so tiny in person...Sukoshi's size! Mike was so nice to pick us up from the airport after Carnival transferred us there from the cruise ship (which docked in Whittier, AK), and then we grabbed a bite to eat and went back to Jack and Eddie's house...um...I mean Mike's house for awhile to chat. I got to see Jack spinning and Eddie running his agility course. They are both so adorable! And Mike was so wonderful! Thanks again Mike!!!!

Speaking of this plane crash, when we got our shore excursion tickets, we also got a note that our floatplane excursion had been cancelled because the tour was not currently in operation. I was pretty upset about it (I'd REALLY been looking forward to experiencing a floatplane), until I learned in Ketchikan that the company we'd originally booked our shore excursion through was "not currently in operation" because they were the company that had the plane crash ! Apparently they're closed pending an FAA investigation. So...we ended up booking another floatplane tour with a pilot who's been flying in the Misty Fjords for 30 years (the pilot with the other company who died in the plane crash had only been flying in Ketchikan since April - a retired Navy man apparently), and we didn't have any problems. But it was a sobering moment to realize the tour we'd booked was the one that had crashed earlier in the week . Other than that moment though, the entire cruise was absolutely amazing, and one I would most certainly take again in the future. It was better than either of the other 2 cruises I've taken so far, and our shore excursions were amazing! Thanks again everyone for your well wishes! I'm looking forward to getting caught up on what I missed on YT while I was away!