I met Rick and Debbie Farr on a flight from Seattle. We were headed to Fairbanks to begin two separate cruisetours, in this case, five-day land tours that would take us to Fairbanks, Denali National Park and Anchorage. The Denton, Texas couple told me they were traveling with one of the large ship cruise lines but wished they were traveling on a small ship. "I don't care if the ship has a climbing wall, five swimming pools and a shopping mall," Debbie said. "I want to make the most of the location we're going to, and it sounds like a small ship would really fit what we are looking for in a cruise." The Farrs and I have promised to compare notes at the end of our trips.