June 29, 2023 We arrived in Wrangell around 12:30 today. It was a pleasant 6.5 hour cruise from Meyers Chuck to here save for the littered fields of crab pots throughout Zimovia Strait. It was a two person lookout job to stay clear of them. Most of the pots were outside the channel but a … Read More “Wrangell, Alaska” »
June 28,2023 It was bound to happen, sooner or later. For us, it happened today. For years we have been hearing from our boating friends that it rains “all the time in Alaska”. One fellow tugger woman told me that she never saw a single day without rain the entire time she and her husband … Read More “Meyer’s Chuck: “The Quintessential Alaska Day”” »
June 27th, 2023 We left Punchbowl this morning at 5:30 am. Most of the prior evening was spent watching the resident Brown Bear comb the beachside. The other boats left so it was just us, the fjords and the bear. Instead of continuing on around the fjords we decided to circle back to Ketchikan. We … Read More “Misty Fjords to Meyer’s Chuck via Ketchikan” »
June 26, 2023 We are enjoying our time here. It is like sitting in Yosemite Park on the water. We were planning on going for the mile long hike but changed our minds after speaking with one of the boaters in the Yacht next door. Five of them went for the hike with a staff … Read More “PunchBowl, Misty Fjords, Day Two” »
June 25, 2023 Wow, this is the only word that comes to mind as we entered into the fjord this morning. It is majestic, breathtaking beauty. The Misty Fjords are part of a huge National Monument administered by the U.S. Forest Service. In 1978 President Jimmy Carter proclaimed over 2 million acres for the wildnesses … Read More “PunchBowl Cove, Misty Fjords” »
June 24, 2023 We left Ketchikan this morning for the Misty Fjords. We settled in to Shoal Water Pass, Behm Canal on the outskirts of the fjords. There was a mooring buoy available but it looked far too shallow for our comfort so we dropped a hook in 50 feet of water for the night. … Read More “On the outskirts of the Misty Fjords” »
June 23, 2023 This is our final day in Ketchikan. As we have written, it’s been a great place to visit and stay. We are off to the Misty Fjords tomorrow, but not until—wait for it—I caught my first big fish. As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” I’ll let you … Read More “Ketchikan Day 4: Final Day” »
June 22, 2023 As the saying goes, “The eagle has landed,” as in our boat problems are solved. This morning the mechanic Tom came on board our boat to fix our Bow Thruster and he did exactly that. It took him less than two hours to figure out the problem was “sticky brushes.” Apparently as … Read More “Ketchikan Day 3: The Eagle has landed!!!” »
Wednesday June 21, 2023 Today was a day when we didn’t set the alarm for a 4:45 am wake up call to check the weather conditions for a journey that would start by 6:00 am. Today, we sat back, drank coffee, caught up on news and emails and planned a day of leisure—no checking the … Read More “Ketchikan Day Two: Food, Museums and Rest” »
June 20, 2023 In the early days of our marriage Greg and I used to spend at least a week a year aboard my parents boat, the Raellen. They kept the boat in Olympia and would bring it up to Anacortes mid summer and take it on adventures around the San Juan Islands. We would … Read More “Ketchikan, Alaska: “Fog Bob!”” »