Again, finally, after almost 11 years We’ve been wanting to return to Medora, ND, since we first visited in October 2014. Then we had a day and a half to visit the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt NP. Most of Read more
1,123 Miles, ~20 hours driving (~10 hours each), in 4 Days It is NOT our “normal” travel habit to move Lizzy even 2 days-in-a-row, let alone 4. Nor do we regularly drive more than 250 miles in a single day, Read more
End of an AMAZING Month in Alaska We left Skagway in the late afternoon Wednesday, on the Alaska Marine Highway. That means we took the ~7-hour ferry ride to Juneau (with a stop in Haines), down Lynn Canal, a long, Read more
Arriving via two 45-minute Alaska Seaplanes flights Our flights from Sitka to Juneau and on to Skagway (in a Cessna Caravan 208) felt like a sightseeing trip, flying mostly over the mountains on a beautiful day. Gail even sat in Read more
Beginning of our last week in Alaska, on-our-own Gail woke up about 2:30 am and looked out the window, expecting it to be “just dark” as on previous nights. NO! All kinds of lights on the shore. So she opened Read more
Two dib rides, more kayaking, more wildlife sightings Where archaeological evidence has revealed people were living 10,000 years ago, although today, the wilderness rules. Friday morning in Red Bluff Bay We reached the eastern shores of Baranof Island in the Read more
Getting in the Cruise Groove… Most of the day was spent around Wrangell…in town and on a Stikine River tour, heading out late for our last day. Wrangell Morning Thursday morning we arrived in quiet Wrangell, an area inhabited by Read more
July 23. Best. Birthday. Ever. We explored Tracy Arm Fjord All Day Long! It was awesome. We awoke in the morning already well into the fjord and didn’t cruise out till after sunset. Tracy Arm Fjord is at the heart Read more
With multiple Orca sightings up close! Two more days of cruising around the Alaskan Panhandle on the Admiralty Dream. Exploring Historic Haines on Monday Some say Haines is one of Southeast Alaska’s hidden gems and most scenic communities, and the Read more
On the Admiralty Dream We arrived in Juneau and got to our hotel after 10:00 pm on Friday. Thankfully the Welcome Breakfast on Saturuday (for the next phase of our John Hall’s Alaska Tour) was late enough, we could get Read more
