Monthly Archives: August 2006

The Inside Passage

NOTE: Are you using RSS? We just installed an upgrade to gallery at http://www.koransky.com/gallery/.  You can now subscribe to our new Gallery RSS feed! While staying at Nomadic Research Labs, I made a reservation on the Alaska Marine Highway.  All … Continue reading

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Gallery RSS and Camper shell update

Let’s get the technicalities out of the way… I just installed an upgrade to Gallery at http://www.koransky.com/gallery/.  You can now subscribe to our new Gallery RSS feed thanks to the new Gallery RSS plugin. Our camper shell worked very well … Continue reading

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22 Aug 2006 Tuesday

THE SUN IS SHINING!!  We finally have a morning not dreary andraining!  We had our breakfast of eggs and reindeer sausage (leftover forma previous breakfast) and left the cabin.  We walked around Dawson City abit.  This area is famous for … Continue reading

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21 Aug 2006 Monday

…And it’s still raining.   We left our camp and headed intoTok for breakfast.  We also found a laundromat to dry my pillow.  Wewant to get out from under this rain cloud as soon as possible!  We stoppedat Three Bears Grocery for … Continue reading

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20 Aug 2006 Sunday

Yes, it’s still raining.  The locals have said this is the wettestsummer they’ve seen in twenty years.  It’s been raining in Talkeetna for aweek and a half straight.  We’re going to clean up and try to get out ofhere today.  For … Continue reading

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19 Aug 2006 Saturday

It’s STILL RAINING!!  We went into Palmer for breakfast.  As we gotcloser to town, the sky began to peek out from the clouds.  We stopped andphotographed the few mountain tops we could see.  The clouds quickly closedin, but it stopped … Continue reading

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18 Aug 2006 Friday

This morning the folks at breakfast were much friendlier than the guy fromyesterday.  We chatted with several folks, a couple from Iowa, an orientalcouple from New Jersey and a military couple with their daughter that were headingfrom Fairbanks to Virginia.  … Continue reading

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17 Aug 2006 Thursday

We went into the communal kitchen this morning and said “GoodMorning” to the folks there.  No response.  The gruff older guysaid something to his son (we found out later it was his grandson), but neversaid Good Morning, Hello or anything.  … Continue reading

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Tech Update Through Alaska

Another technical update… Here’s how all of our parts and pieces that make our trip possible are doing:Digital Camera: Our Canon S70 camera started acting up in May.  A spring went bad in the slide mechanism that covers the lens, making … Continue reading

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16 Aug 2006 Wednesday

We decided to stay another night at the B&B to rest up and escape therain.  We talked with several of the others staying there atbreakfast.  After spending a little time on the computers, we went down acouple of blocks to … Continue reading

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