Sunday June 9th, 2024 We left Juneau this morning at 6:00 am for a six hour cruise to Funter Bay. The first five hours were as predicted, calm seas with a few knots of wind. Along the way we encountered this fellow Nordic Tug “Kiahi” who left Glacier Bay this morning. We say from Marine … Read More “Moving On” »
Saturday June 8, 2024 We begin our last day watching the native street parade where different tribes paraded through the city. It was fun and festive. We then played cruise tourists and walked the boardwalk along the cruise ship route. We took in a game of corn hole. Marlene beat me(: We finished off our … Read More “Final Day in Juneau” »
Friday June 7, 2024 We had a quiet day in Juneau today. We did some provisioning, shopping and a visit to the Alaska State Museum—a not to miss. This museum is new, I’d guess less than four or five years. It tells the history of Alaska in a very contemporary way filled with native artifacts. … Read More “Quiet Day in Juneau” »
Juneau, Thursday June 6, 2024 Our friends, Mike and Jackie took us on a tour of Juneau today starting with the Mendenhall Glacier. This glacier is about 13 miles long and located in the Mendenhall Valley, roughly twelve miles from Juneau. In the US Forest Service Park there are several hikes, one of which takes … Read More “Another Day, Another Glacier” »
Wednesday June 5th, 2024 We awoke to an unexpected—unpredicted—very windy morning. The prediction was for 6 knot winds with 8 knot gusts. The actual was closer to 20 knot gusts that are still howling today at 7:00 p.m. We were very happy to be where we are, safe a a dock in Juneau. I spent … Read More “Celebration in Juneau begins” »
Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 We left Taku Harbor this morning at 8:00 am for a two and a half hour cruise to Juneau. The picture above was taken last night in Taku Harbor of a cruise ship in the distance. Cruising into Juneau we were expecting a city/town being something like a cross between Ketchikan … Read More “Juneau, Yet to Be Discovered” »
Monday June 3, 2024 We left Tracy Arm Cove this morning around 7:00 am with a destination of Taku Harbor. Last night our friends Kevin and Karen dropped by our boat and shared some of their fresh caught halibut which we will have for dinner tonight. Below is a picture of Kevin with his 18 … Read More “Taku Harbor: A quiet spot before Juneau” »
Sunday June 2, 2024 We pulled up anchor from Tracy Arm Cove this morning at 7:00 am to ride the current and hopefully avoid cruise ships. Marlene got a paddle salute from the canoe boat that we first met in Petersburg and will reunite with them in Juneau. (They asked us if we wanted to … Read More “Cruising down Tracy Arm: iceberg and cruise ship dodging” »
Saturday June 1st, 2024 Last night in Cleveland Passage was our first real night of shall we say “boating excitement”. The above picture is taken from Predict Wind’s real-time forecast of what was creating the HUGE weather system spanning the entire length of SE Alaska. Now of course we were NOT out there (that is … Read More “Oh What a Night!” »