Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 69: AMHS Kennicott, Inside Passage Sunny and warm. The AMHS Ferry System On the ferry all day. We are allowed to go to our vehicles per the schedule, every four to six hours. We get sleeping bags in the evening and return them to Arvi in the morning. Most people go to their vehicles... Continue Reading →
Day 68: Ketchikan, AK Last day in AlaskaFoggy and cool. We drove north of Ketchikan and found a totem park, Totem Bight, and walked through it. We are definitely in totem country. We found a fishing spot so Tom could get one final shot at fishing in Alaska: Ward Lake. No luck. There was a... Continue Reading →
Day 67: AMHS Columbia, Inside Passage, AK Morning fog, afternoon sunshine, warm. The ferry stopped in Ketchikan and we disembarked. Ketchikan was a lively little town with two cruise ships in port. We walked around and remembered Ketchikan 15 years ago when we were here last. Pinks, or humpy, salmon were in the stream where... Continue Reading →
Day 66: AMHS Columbia, Inside Passage Foggy and cool. Bonus trip to Sitka!!We weren’t aware that our ferry was going to stop at the towns Sitka, or Petersburg, or Wrangell when we booked our passage. We had nearly two hours in Sitka. The ferry terminal, however, was some seven miles from town. No problem! A... Continue Reading →
Day 65: Juneau, AK Raining. We camped on Douglas Island, just across the water from Juneau. Tom found Fish Creek there and put his line in at a few spots. He didn’t keep any, but took some pictures of what he caught. A young Local identified the fish as cutthroat trout. He also caught something... Continue Reading →
Day 64: Haines, AK Sunny, pleasant and serene. We found showers and a decent bakery for breakfast and ate our goodies at a roadside stop overlooking Haines. We were at the ferry terminal at 10 and at noon pulled away from the dock and headed south for Juneau. It was a four-hour boat trip and... Continue Reading →
Day 63: Chilkoot Lake State Park, Haines, AK Mostly sunny, cool and serene. Before breakfast, and after only one shared cup of coffee, we went back to the river where we saw the bears yesterday. We saw three more brown bears. See “A Bear Story," a separate blog. We walked around Fort Seward in Haines.... Continue Reading →
Day 62: Haines, AK Sunny, windy and cool. Sitting in Arvi looking at the eagles on the Chilkat River this morning. Tom is going to try fishing just for the halibut (haha). Just for the heck of it. There are supposed to be sockeye in this very cloudy river and the eagles seem to be... Continue Reading →
Day 61: Million Dollar Falls, YT Sunny and chilly. Frost on the picnic table. We left the Alaska Highway yesterday at Haines Junction, Yukon, and proceeded down the Haines Highway. Moving into British Columbia, we are still driving some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Early fall colors abound in the shrubbery of... Continue Reading →
Day 60: Kluane Lake, YT Sunny and chilly. First thing in the morning, we went to the Visitor Center for Kluane NP, just two kilometers from our campsite. It was just around the mountain. At the Visitor Center the mountainside was receiving sunlight and we saw upwards of 100 Dall sheep, in smaller groups on... Continue Reading →
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