Tuesday June 25th, 2024 We planned to leave Portage Bay this morning about 7:00 a.m. but we had an “anchor issue” we discovered when we started to pull up our anchor bridle. The night was relatively calm. Portage Bay is a large open Bay that can offer good protection on a quiet night but not … Read More “Back in Petersburg” »
Monday June 24th, 2024 Neither I nor Marlene got a good nights sleep. The major cause was the foreboding, shadowing feature of the big fishing boats, rafted three deep in front of us. Clearly we were boxed in and there was NO WAY we would be able to exit the harbor unless two of them … Read More “A Change in Plans” »
Sunday June 23rd, 2024 We left Ell inlet this morning around 9:00 a.m. The fishing boat had left so we had the inlet to ourselves. It was a somewhat misty morning. The cruise to Warm Springs was only an hour and a half. Marlene warned me that the dock may be full. She was not … Read More “Warm Springs: beautiful but busy ( based on Alaska standards!)” »
Saturday June 22, 2024 We left Tenakee Springs this morning at 5:00 a.m. I’m not a huge fan of super early out but some times you have to do it. The European model of Predict Wind was forecasting 4 knot winds with 13 knot gusts for the first couple hours of the journey, increasing to … Read More “ELL Cove: Bear Country” »
Friday June 21, 2024 As reported yesterday, we ended up staying an extra night here. We have been watching this approaching blow on Predict Wind for about a week. It moved from Thursday to Friday night. We decided it would be better to be on a dock to weather a storm vs. out on a … Read More “Last Night in Tenakee Springs” »
Thursday, June 20th, 2024 We don’t have a lot to report today. We spent our second day here going for a walk, catching up on emails, etc. Our intention was to head South tomorrow for Hanus Inlet but we have been tracking a nasty blow coming through this part of Alaska for the last week. … Read More “Day Two: Tenakee Springs” »
June 19th, 2024 We left Swanson Harbor this morning at 6:00 am. Calm, smooth seas were in our view. We had a 4.5 hour cruise to Tenakee Springs, located near the entrance to Tenakee Inlet off Chatham Strait on Chichagof Island. This is a village of roughly 100 people. It is an island on the … Read More “Arrived in Tenakee Springs” »
June 18, 2024 We left Bartlett Cove at 5:30 a.m. this morning. We were getting conflicting predictions of how the conditions traveling south to Swanson Harbor was going to be. We decided to start early and go with it. The actual conditions were smooth seas with a slight chop for the first two hours then … Read More “Made it to Swanson Harbor” »
Monday June 17th, 2024 Our blog for today will NOT have pretty pictures of Marlene and I kayaking amongst the Bergie bits in Glacier Bay, or breath-taking views of the pristine waters and glaciers. Today we will write about Mother Nature, danger, and friendship. We spent the day with our new friends, Karen and Kevin … Read More “A very scary Glacier Bay story with a happy ending” »
Sunday June 18th, 2024 We woke up this morning to beautiful sunny skies and water smooth as silk! We had plans to take the 4 hour cruise up and back to Margerie Glacier today. Due to the limited number of nights we can stay in the Park, we discussed our options and decided that instead … Read More “Glacial Change of Plan” »