:🧳 What I’m Packing for 17 Days in Alaska! Minimal Yet Stylish at 71 ❄️ | Cruise & Land Adventure

Who knew packing for a trip to Alaska would be this hard? I didn't. I mean, I I figured it would be difficult, but oh my gosh. You know, in this packing cube, and this is already compressed, is just like cold weather gear. Oh. So, if you're curious to see what I packed, or at least what I think I'm going to pack for our upcoming 17 day trip to Alaska. We will be going Boston, Seattle, Vancouver for two days in Vancouver, exploring and all that. And then we will get on the Coral Princess on um a inside passage land not land cruise and land afterwards and we have several uh port of calls and excursions and things to do. So packing for like all sorts of weather. Oh my gosh. So I'm going to share that with you. I hope you guys are interested. But um if you are new to my channel and you're just here to see what a real woman is going to pack for Alaska, welcome. Uh please consider subscribing. Please leave me your opinions. I'm going to show you a couple of alternative choices of garments that I um want to bring, but I'm not sure. So leave me your opinion and u and just like the video and comment and and thank you for being part of the the community. So stay tuned for Alaska stuff. I'm super excited to share some of this with you guys. And I I'm hoping the back I'm thinking maybe I might have to shut the shades. I I'm hoping the background light doesn't drown out the colors of everything that I want to show you guys. But I am going to be bringing basically a few different things. There's going to be two, they call them formal nights, but they're more dressy nights on the cruise. And then the rest of the nights, dinners will be sort of like casual. Um maybe even like business casual or something like that. No shorts, no, you know, ripped jeans, no, I guess t-shirts. We'll see. This is what, you know, I'm reading and what I've read and what some of the groups and some folks have shared with me. I have never been to Alaska. I have, of course, I've been on a couple of cruises. So, Alaska's a big one for us. Um, so for the dressy nights, I have a pair of black Athletica. I'm going to hold them up. So, these are black Athletica widelegg pants. These are perfect for traveling because they don't wrinkle. They don't lose their shape. Like if you're sitting in them for hours and sometimes, you know, you get up all of a sudden you see you have a knee in, you know, you're stretched out around the knees. Never, never, never. These are really awesome, awesome pants. They're expensive, but if you, you know, get on their uh lists and you, you know, um they have often have sales and stuff like that. So, if you take advantage of those sales online, it can make it way more affordable. So, what I love about these, they're perfect for travel, like I said, because they have some zipped pockets for security. I'm not really worried about the security aspect in Alaska, but when we go to Europe, I am. So, the zipped back pockets and the side pockets are really good for that for security. But they are, I think, a solid pants. And because the pockets are sort of hidden, they're flush. They don't stick out. That makes it the profile really nice. There's no they're not cargo pants. I have another pair that are cargo pants that have pockets, you know, right down the thigh. So these can be dressed up or casual. So to me, they're like a double duty. I also have another pair that I may swap it out for. They're sort of a Spanx dupe. I bought them off of Amazon. Actually have them on now, so I'm not going to be able to really show them to you, but um I've worn them a number of times. They seem to hold their shape really good and they have a nice profile. So, I like that, you know, like not all bumpy, big pockets hanging out. So, I really like that. I may swap them out. And the only reason I might swap them out is because they're lighter in weight and I am a little worried about the weight. So these pants I've tried on in several pictures. I'm going to superimpose a couple of pictures here for your opinion. The first one you're going to see is these pants with this pretty top. I think I shared this before. and a black uh tank top. So, as you can see, it gives This is what I was thinking of wearing in one of the dressy nights. Depending on how I fix my hair, you know, my makeup, um the jewelry I wear can dress this up or dress it down. I also bought a green. I don't know if you call it a green, but sort of like a um and this matches the top. This actually has this color in it. It's probably hard to pick up on the on the camera, but I bought this tank just for a different look. And I'll show you what that looks like now. So, they're the same pants, Athletica Wideleg Venice, and they are, you know, the same outer top, the shrug as I call it. Um, but two different tanks. I also bought a white one because some people had said, "Oh, get a white, too." So, I had gone to one of the outlet malls in New Hampshire and Chico had a great sale. So, I bought picked up this color in Chico and I thought it would be pretty close. I picked up a white one in Chico. The black one I already had. So, those were the the two that I did. So, the photos you can see the three shots in the same jacket with the black top, which I think is the better look for me for the evening for the dressy event. It kind of makes me look like I'm wearing um a trendy jumpsuit, which you know is all the trend right now is that the one piece suits. So, I like that look and I think I can really dress that up. The green one looks really nice, too. I really like that. Um but maybe that's maybe for a dinner on an other night that's sort of like the casual but, you know, better better dressy but not formally. I don't know. That's what I'm thinking. So, I have those pants and I might swap them out with the cheaper Span dupe from Amazon. We'll see how they hold up. But those the both of those pants would look the same. The wide leg just give you a really flowy look. I am concerned about room in my luggage. So, that's the only reason I would even think about swapping out for the weight of the pants. So, the other thing I have is the skirt. Now, this is not new. I bought this, I think, when we were going on our first cruise. Gosh, I'm hoping the colors are okay. Sort of a brown and a black. And, you know, I call it like a ballerina type thing. It's just a cheap Amazon skirt, elastic waist. Um, you know, it's got a little bit of a lining. It's not that super wellade, but I just like the look. However, when I tried it on, um, I had a, you know, I had a a bit of a problem because all my black tops were baggy and bigger. So, I ended up buying in, um, what is it called? White House Black Market, also in in the outlet mall, a a black top that was more fitted. And and I'll show you the picture of what that looks like now. So, while I still feel that I'm very hippie, you can tell by the picture. I don't know what side it's going to be on. Um it's more of a a dressier look. And so if I do bring this skirt and this top that you're seeing in the photo and then dress it up with some jewelry, fix my hair, that will be my second dressy outfit for the for the cruise. I And I I don't know if I'm going to bring it, you know. Um, I bought a knitted I guess wrap borello. Uh, I I really I like the look of this. I I don't know. Um, you know, I would I don't think I would wear it with the skirt, but I'll show you how I wore it with a black top and my black pants just wrapped around and tied. And I think it can just give you, you know, again, the same pants, right, that I wore for the for the first evening for the dressy night. Those same widelegg pants work perfect for that. So, this, of course, is a color that can go with black, you know, and a few other colors, but it's it's kind of, I think, limited on the amount of use, but I'm not too sure. I just like how it does look in that one outfit with the pants wrapped around. It doesn't take up much weight at all and I could also carry it on the night that you know I'm doing this if I'm cold if I wear this skirt. I know. What do you think? Do you think the skirt is okay to bring or what? I don't know. you know. So, the other pants and I'll I'll do the pants that I wanted to bring is I have a I'm going to call them sort of like a point uh pants. You know, like when you travel, you are always looking for material that will hold up um that you you don't need to wash every day. They keeps their shape and all that. So, I bought these last year for Germany. These are black Athletica. I think they're Brooklyn high-rise. I can't remember, but again, I bought them on sale. I think these are a size, just for reference, a size 12. Um, and they look great. They're more of a slimmer profile. I I'm pretty sure I have taken a picture of of my outfit that I was planning to wear these in or different tops, but of course, it's black. So, I've got the widele black and then the slim profile black. And the black would go with that sweater. It would go with a multiple different types of tops, obviously. Then I have these sort of green. I really like these. These are green. Um these are more casual. I've got the cargo. These are um Oh god. Well, these are Athletica, but I'm trying to think of what what which one. But I have these both in black and in this green color. material is super light, very, very comfortable. Definitely a a warmer weather pant. So, the black ones are staying home because I don't need another pair of black pants and I don't want to have the cargo pockets with me in black because I don't think that I could get away. I wouldn't feel comfortable on dressing night with them. But this would be another option for wearing beating around, you know, just beating around the boat or going out on the town and walking around, you know, in Ketchan or whatever the towns that we're going to be in. And it'll match pretty well, you know, everything. So, so far I've got like three pairs of trousers. So, um I've got the black wide angle. The wide angle, the black wide leg. I have the um the black straight leg and then I and then the green ones. And then I wanted to bring a pair of jeans. Now, I was heming and haring. I'm not too sure. These are sort of the loose straight leg ones. I don't want the skinny jeans, but um I was also looking at the widelegg jeans. Some of the widelegg jeans look really good, but some of them almost can look sloppy on me if they stretch out. So, I have to be really careful. So, I tried on a pair the other day. They were tight on the waist, but I think that they would loosen up, you know, and so that was something I was thinking about, but I didn't buy any. But, so I wanted to bring a pair of jeans because even in Germany, that was actually the pant I wore the most out and exploring was a pair of jeans. So, I don't know. You know, we'll see. That is that was what we were what we were thinking, you know, I was thinking of packing for bottoms other than a pair of joggers. And again, you know, these are just joggers, so these would be something I could wear, you know, to the fitness center, walking around the, you know, the ship, um, hotel, whatever. I have two pairs, but I'm most likely not going to bring this grayish colored pair. And I think I'll probably just stick with the black. Um, I'm not sure yet, but this would be my very casual, even lounge around in my cabin type of, you know, pant. So, that was my bottoms. Then I thought, you know, on top of that, I needed to have a couple of pair of like shorter pants, if you want to call it that. So, here's uh I'm going to bring two of these three. Yeah, I'm going to bring two of these three. I really like this one. I bought this in Florida, but I think this is too tropical. As much as I like it, and I love the colors and I can match it with a lot of my tops, I just think it's too tropical. I do love the skirt because then you have your shorts underneath it basically. I love that look. um or I just love that style because to me that works perfectly. As much as I love this one, I'm pretty sure it's not going to not going to work. So, this is the choice of what I will most likely bring. It's blue. It's the same thing. It's got a couple of pockets. It's got the little, you know, built-in shorts underneath it. And it would match with just a few of my tops. I could wear it with the black. I could wear it with the white. Um, but I could and I don't have this color green top in sleeves. Um, but that that would be it. It would be a more limited match because of the blue. So, you know, I don't know. Then I have my trusty black one. This one is a for sure. So, I'm not too sure. I mean, my battery died, so I had to go change it. But I I still love this skirt, but I just don't have enough matching tops for it. And the odds of us having weather that is going to be super warm, I think, is going to be pretty slim. So, I'm bringing three short sleeve tops, as you can see them right here. And um none of them are new. I believe Loft I believe Old Navy last year. So those are my three short sleeve tops that I can wear with my jeans. I can wear with my my black pants. Um limited on my green pants down here. These are the three long sleeve tops that I thought I would bring. This top one is a kind of a a peachy color. Then I have a blue. And then I have a white long sleeve. And my regular layer tops, meaning that they are uh marino wool, one of them. They're thermal. They're they're your layer top for really cold weather. Um that you could put on. They're more like a t-shirt style top, which is fine. I have in here my workout gear if I go to the gym or I want to uh walk around the pool deck. I have a couple of um I actually only have one black legging type jogger pants that I can wear in here. And then I have the two tops, the green and the yellow. They're Colombia. And then I have a couple of socks. So this would be something I would go and wear to the gym or um on a nice day along the deck. This is my bathing suit. In here I have two bathing suit and bathing suit cover up. Whether or not I use that or not, I don't know yet, but it's definitely coming. And um if I can find another squirt, squirt, however you pronounce it, that is better than that matches more, I will. I have a few others, but they're in the motor home. So, I have to really take a look at them. Luggage is going to be limited to this small carry-on rollon that I have. And then Jay has reluctantly agreed to check a bag. So I took one of our bigger bags down from the attic. And I figured this is where our winter gear can go in. You know, he's got a jacket, I've got a jacket, etc. Big heavy jacket. We have wool hats, gloves, and all that stuff. So, and then umbrellas and you know, things like binoculars, never mind makeup, skin care, but I have that. So, yeah. I don't know. What do you think? So, bought a new personal item backpack. I may still return it. I have um I had been reading and uh listening to people and watching videos. A lot of people have been talking about the bag smart backpack. I want something that I can fit under the seat in front of me and fill bigger if I need, right? because I'm always thinking if on the way home I have so much stuff that I check my roll on as well as the one big bag that we have that I want to have the ability to be able to enlarge this and it does expand a little bit. It holds a real lot. But I like the newer bag smart design slightly better than the older one. The newer one, I think why I like it better is the little thing on the top, which is what I think is the nuts on this. The newer one, I think it's a little bit more spacious and it has like I think little pockets here. So, when you put this under and you just want to grab something, you don't want to pull the whole bag out. So, those little essentials, your AirPods, um you know, little things like you want to have on the plane with you, lip gloss, that kind of stuff. Easy to get at it here. Of course, you can always open up the whole backpack and, you know, pull everything out and do that, but you know, I didn't want to have to do that. And very few backpacks actually have that as a feature. So, this actually will hold quite a bit, but the newer one expands a little bit more. So, you can keep it small because it's soft. It's not um hardsided that you can only, you know, make it um like the hard side ones, they they are the size they are. You can make them bigger, but you can't get any smaller. The soft side ones, you have the ability to pack way less and compress it more and squish it into those spots, right, that you want to put it in. So, I looked at the new one coming out and I may still, although the clock is ticking, I don't know if I would get it in time. If I can find the new one, which you have to order it online, I may still order it because I just think I would like that better. And I may return this one. I don't know. But it actually does hold a whole lot. So, um, yeah, I've got I've got a packing cube for my gym gear that I showed you. Just very minimal. Those will be perfect. So, the decision I'm making is going to be on my joggers. Do I bring the gray slate jogger? Um, do I bother with the white with the white um top as far as you know the tank top, the white tank top that I bought at Chico's, do I bother bringing this? It had a great sale. So, you know, it's really pretty. Awesome. If you know Chico's quality, it's it's great for travelers especially in my opinion because their their material is so nice. But do I bother bringing this? Will I wear this? I like this very much with the black top and also with the the green one, you know. Um those are the two that I really really like, you know, u this combo with. I don't think I would wear it with the white one. The only thing I could potentially see myself wearing this white one with is potentially maybe this, but it's not floating my boat. So, I don't I really don't know. And I'm still on the fence about bringing that skirt because I could I have another um another um shrug burll and it's it's um it's in the motor home. Otherwise, I would show it to you. It's a really It's a really pretty pretty like greenish color. And I could bluish color blue. I could wear that with the black top and the black pants on the other dressing night too. And that would to me I would look it would be more slimming. But I also like the idea of the skirt, you know. Um what do you guys think? You know, I I could fit them in the in the suitcase, especially now that Jay's agreed to have the bigger suitcase with me, but I'm just not going to go to Alaska and potentially freeze my buns off. No, not after this cold winter we've had. So, that that's it for me um at this video. Anyways, I know this is super long. Thank you for those of you that hung in. Please give me your opinion. Let me know. you know, the fancy blue shrug for the for the dressy night. Do you like it better in the all black underneath or did you like it with the sort of green color underneath? Um, I think I'm going to bring both of those. But what was your preference? I think my preference for the dressy one would have been the black. And then let me know about the skirt because I really don't know whether I mean I like it. I like it, but I don't I don't know. I'm on the fence. I would do that with a black top as in that photo. So, anyways, as I pair down, as I make other decisions, I'll certainly update as you know, before we go because we have a bit of time yet, but my living room is a total disaster with luggage everywhere. Um, and you know, I still have to do my toiletries, right, and my makeup. I went to the mall and I went to the uh Lancome counter and I asked them to give me to color match me and to give me a couple of samples of two different foundations they have and um and so they did. So I have two little samples of Lancome. I'm going to bring that with me. Um I love doing that for travel. When we were in Europe for 19 days, I didn't even go through one of them. You know, that's how little foundation I wore. And and then I'm debating on my hair. I'm debating on a wig. I I'm thinking because we're going to be windy, I'm going to be wearing a lot of hats that this is the wig I'm going to probably bring because it it's the closest match to my hair color. Of course, I don't have this kind of volume or this length. But if I'm going to be under a hat most of the days outside, who's going to know, right? And do I really care? And when I come in, if I put this on for dinner or for gallivanting or just enjoying myself, I know I'll feel better, you know, because I'm not going to want to wash my hair, blow dry my hair every single day or twice a day. Um, so yeah, so I'm on the fence, but let me know what you guys think. Thanks so much for hanging in there. Bye-bye, guys.