Posts from ‘May, 2009’

The last several days we have been traveling north up from the Fredrick Sound area to the Inian Islands and Elfin Cove. Today we had a great show put on by a couple of Humpback whales, they were breaching and slapping for onwards of an hour and every one on got a great view. The [...]

We made it up into Endicott Arm for the first time this season. This place and it’s sister Tracy Arm are the two best places we go. The Glacier at the end of the arm, pictured above, is an amazing sight, and there are several very nice water falls that line the sides of the [...]

We made it up into Tracy Arm today, and after a “normal” couple of days we had some excitement. Apparently in the last week a major chunk of the Sawyer Glacier Calved and sent ice into the water for many miles out. Not one person on the boat had ever seen so much ice [...]

The last couple of days we have been making our way back north, headed from Sitka to Glacier Bay NP. Yesterday at Pond Island in Kelp Bay, we had a great view of a couple of bears hanging out RIGHT at our trail head for the hike. It’s pretty funny when you talk to 60 [...]

While I had a really busy day in Sitka today, I did get to get off the boat for just long enough to pick up a new pair of boots! Yay! Dry feet! I can’t even tell you how happy this makes me.
I got to talk on the phone with both of my kids [...]

Today we made the last part of our trip, and now we are anchored just outside of Sitka. The Peril Straight is a tiny passage through several islands on the way from Juneau to Sitka. The Passage is only passable during short periods of the day based on tides, and apparently the currents can get [...]

The ride into Glacier Bay wasn’t all to big of a deal today. The snow was still low on the mountains, mostly down to the waters edge, and there wasn’t too much ice coming up to the glaciers. Margerie and Johns Hopkins Glaciers still look about the same as they did last year, but I [...]

Today we made it up to Elfin Cove, a small bush town North of Sitka. The town is quite a scene, there are no roads and a board walk that goes around the town is the only means of travel. Pictured above is the store, which is a typical example of small town living. High [...]

Today we cruised through an area called Chatham Straight, en route to our destination of Elfin Cove tomorrow. The area is scenic and remote with not many people around. I did see a couple of fishing boats cruising around, but that was about it. This is one of the places we will see lot’s of [...]

We made it into Petersburg today, one of my favorite towns to visit. It’s just such a cool little town, not much going on, just the way I like it. Most of the fishermen were just getting their boats ready to go for the season, I saw quite a bit of painting and deep cleaning [...]