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This summer I went to a few places, but my favorite was our trip to Seattle and Alaska. We were so excited because this was our fourth year trying to take this trip. We were originally going in 2020, but for obvious reasons we couldn’t go. Then in 2021 we were nervous to go on a cruise when covid was still everywhere. Then, in 2022, my sister got covid four days before our flight to Alaska. We thought since we had been waiting for so long, we would go to Seattle for three days before the cruise, and three days after. We arrived in Seattle on a rainy night, and we took an Uber to our hotel. I loved our location. When you looked out the window there were hills and beautiful houses. I thought our view looked like California. It almost looked like the Hollywood sign would be sitting at the top of the hill. As soon as we got to the hotel, we fell asleep. It was almost 3:00 AM in North Carolina by the time we fell asleep. Good thing the beds were super comfortable.

I woke up at 7:30 the next morning, tired but excited to be there. When we were in Seattle for the first three days we went to a glass sculpture museum and the Space Needle. We also just explored the area. After the three days, we flew to a small town in Alaska and stayed there for 1 night. It was a beautiful town. While we were there, we went to a place where they kept bears and a place where they kept birds. The bird place had old birds that couldn’t be in the wild anymore. The place that had bears had 5 bears, and they lived in a place that looked a lot like their natural habitat. After staying in that town for a night, we left to go on the cruise. We were on the cruise for a week. There were only about 40 passengers (not including staff) on the cruise. While we were there we saw sea lions, bears, otters, jellyfish, whales, and lots of other animals. We also saw 2 glaciers! We went kayaking, hiking, and just exploring Alaska. After we left the cruise, we went to Seattle for another three days.