Spanky's Clubhouse

Summer has been fantastic and we hate to say goodbye! We started in June and took the trip of a lifetime to Alaska. This has always been our dream to visit the 49th state and finally it happened after 32 years of talking about it. We took a tour with Lindstrom Travel out of Rockford and they were experts about going there as we were the 21st tour they had guided to the land of pure wilderness. Thank goodness for Wally who owns the tour company - he wrote Wally's tips and we checked them everyday to see where Wally recommended to eat, what to do and sometimes what to wear. Alaska is great and if you ever want to see beautiful country that is the place to go. We went for ten days on land and no total darkness for all ten days. We saw place that we never knew existed like Chicken, Eagle, and Tok Alaska. We are still not sure they really exist as not much to them. We even went white water rafting which was fun and exciting but a little scary but we made it. Then we boarded a cruise at Skagway and the Zuiderdam(our beautiful cruise ship) was fantastic. Since we had never been on a cruise it was an all new and exciting experience. The food is great and you can eat any time of day or night. We have now visited all50 states in the United States so that has been quite an accomplishment.