Posts from ‘May, 2008’

5/18
Pond Island and Kelp Bay
Pond Island is an island in the Chatham Straight, which is the channel of water that is east of Sitka on Baranof Island. Like the name implies, the island has several ponds with all kinds of interesting life going on. The best part is that the wild flowers are now starting [...]

We are back on line now, sorry for the delays!
In 1794, Captain George Vancouver cruised by what is now the entrance to Glacier Bay and found it to be filled with a tidewater glacier. In 1879 when John Muir visited the same area, the glacier had retreated 48 miles north into the bay. Today, those [...]

5/7
The whole day today has been cruising from Sitka to our big day tomorrow in Glacier Bay National Park. We got to see some more of the previously mentioned Dahls Porpoises, they are amazing, making even a common dolphin look like a slug. The way that they move through the water, you would think that [...]

5/5
Today I went on one of the best trips I have ever been on. We got into Petersburg just as we were eating breakfast, then I caught a shuttle to another dock, the public float-plane dock. Six people including myself got into the navy blue float-plane and had the trip of our lives. After clearing [...]

Looks like the internet is going to be skechy up here, it seems that whenever we are traveling north the thing doesn’t work so well….I’ll post when I can.
5/3
Lowe Inlet and Grenville Channel were the two places that we visited today. The Lowe Inlet was a tiny little cove off of the Grenville Channel, basicly [...]

I know, I’ve said it before, but every day of this trip has been getting better and better. Cruising through British Columbia has been one of the highlights of my travel career so far. The area is simply amazing. There is no other way to describe it. To see the snow on a mountain top [...]

This morning we spent some time exploring the Johnstone Strait, which is a pretty area, along the lines with everything else that we have been seeing along the way. Trees, cliffs, snow capped mountains, and all kinds of other great British Columbia treats. We’ve seen some pretty fine examples of the bald eagle, along with [...]

4/28
Our day in Seattle has been long and very interesting. This is the day we start a 12 day cruise up through the islands of BC on our way to Alaska. The problem is, that this is the only stop for food that we will have until we get up there, so we had to [...]