Anyone reading this blog regularly might think that we were eaten by bears in Alaska. No worries, we made it home and then some. Summer just has a way of taking over and I neglected to make time for blogging. …
Alaska Wandering Part 5 – Bears and More Bears Pavlof Bay
Alaska Day 6 It looks as though our fair weather has come to an end. After a quick walk around town and an unsuccessful trip to the local grocery we shoved off for Pavlof Bay. The weather is typical of…
Alaska Wandering Part 4 – Hoonah
Alaska Day 5 Hoonah, which translates to village by the cliff in Tlingit is the ancestral village of the Tlingit tribe. Legend has it that the Tlingit occupied Glacier Bay and were driven out across the sea when the glaciers…
Alaska Wandering Part 3 – Fun With Whales – Bartlett Cove, Alaska
Alaska Day 4 Another early morning rise for me and a planned trek to see a moose. The one animal I have never seen in the wild that is local to this area. A problem with the dingy (motor not…
Alaska Wandering Part 2 – Glacier Bay and Bartlett Cove
Alaska Day 2 We had an early morning start to Bartlett Cove at the entrance to Glacier Bay. It was a fantastic travel day filled with wild life on the way here. Orcas – We spotted another larger pod of…
Alaska Wandering Part 1- Juneau to Couveden
We left 100 degree weather in Bend, spent a beautiful day in Seattle and arrived to drizzle in Juneau Alaska. The plan is to spend 12 days with my Dad on his boat traveling from Juneau to Sitka. There we…