Tue 10-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We got our wish: A sunny day for our trip to Petersburg. Before loading time we took a hike on the Rainbow Falls trail. Another hike through a beautiful rain forest, but this one had 500 feet of elevation...
Mon 9-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
Again we woke in Wrangell to rain and misty low clouds. But as the day wore on, we began to notice a pattern of more time between the rain showers and less rain with each shower. We headed to a beach on the...
Sun 8-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
As promised, it was really rainy and cold. We managed a walk on the town dock during one clear moment and met an interesting gentleman who lives on his boat there all year round. He likes Alaska best after...
Sat 7-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
Today was one of Ketchikan’s rainy days – a heavy fine rain all day. The locals were hoping for more. The beautiful days we had been experiencing meant that many of those living outside the city...
Fri 6-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
Today was another sunny day so we decided it was a hiking day. We considered all of the options and decided to hike the Perseverance Lake Trail. It had the advantages that it had only 500 feet of elevation...
Thu 5-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We awoke today to a beautiful sunny day; the high ended up in the mid-60s. It was an easy decision to go to the office of Allen Marine Tours to see if we could get a ticket for one of their catamaran tours to...
Wed 4-Jun-2014 Alaska, Travel |
A very grey day with occasional spits of rain, but that didn’t stop us from wandering around Ketchikan. In the morning we walked the trail around Ward Lake. Saw a mother Merganser with 9 tiny babies....
Tue 3-Jun-2014 Alaska, British Columbia, Travel |
Today we were headed back to the USA. Check-out time at Prince Rupert RV Park was 11:00 but our ferry check-in (about 2 miles down the road) wasn’t until 1:00. We went into town for some drinking water...
Mon 2-Jun-2014 British Columbia, Travel |
We spent today being tourists in Prince Rupert. First we went down to the container ship loading facility and watched them moving around the containers — loading and unloading from trains and trucks and...
Sun 1-Jun-2014 British Columbia, Travel |
Today we followed the Skeena River through the Coast Mountains with a few stops on the way. The weather was perfect – nary a cloud in the sky. At Mauricetown Canyon, the river is restricted by...
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