Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Alaska
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, narrow fjord. It is the deepest fjord in North America, 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 the co-pilot seat, for the 1st leg. On the second 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 the door to get a better picture, and scared the 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 early morning and cruised into Red Bluff Bay after breakfast. 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 the Tlingit people for thousands of years and the only 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 of the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness and home to twin 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 only time that the Admiralty Dream stops here is for 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 a decent nights sleep. Juneau Saturday After breakfast, we had Read more
Wrapping up our Alaska Land Tour Over the last 3 days we drove back through Anchorage to Seward (with stops), took an 8.5-hour Cruise in Kenai Fjords National Park, drove back to Anchorage (with stops), said Goodbye to 9 of 25 of our group, and flew to Juneau with the Read more
And, no, we did not see The Mountain Apparently, only ~30% of visitors to Denali National Park actually see The Mountain. We were not among them. On top of that, Mark got a bad, bad cold (flu?) and went to bed Sunday before dinner and spent Monday mostly sleeping. Anyway… Read more