This Alaska cruise was the perfect venue for a family reunion

This Alaska cruise was the perfect venue for a family reunion

By James Walsh, The Minnesota Star Tribune Restless, I wheeled up to the coffee shop and bar on the 10th deck at the bow of the Westerdam. Through massive, slanted windows, a dense midmorning fog obscured everything as if the ship were crawling in the center of a heavy, low cloud. All around me, people filled the comfy armchairs, reading, chatting, sipping beverages. Then, the fog cleared and, ahead, smooth, unbroken sea. Until … there, 100 feet…