As we started really planning our Alaska adventure we talked about things we wanted to do.  We realize this is our one and only time taking a trip to Alaska so we wanted to do “those Alaska” things.   We talked about taking a bear viewing tour but having a fear of flying I had a hard time seeing myself in a small plane.  Joe started checking on a boat bear viewing tour.  We did find one but you had to be on the boat for 6 hours.  Then we started thinking about what happens if the water is rough.  Six hours on rough water would not be a lot of fun.  We started looking at plane tours and started talking to people who had gone on them and well it…