Monthly Archives: August 2006

A cold and rainy morning.  We opted not to stand in the rain and try tomake breakfast.  We drove into the next small town, Glennallen (pop 88,according to The Milepost) to find aplace to eat.   After lunch, we stopped at … Continue reading →

We both slept well last night.  The sun came up around 4:30am, but wewere able to close our curtains and sleep in until about 7am.  We drovethru more beautiful scenery for much of the morning.  We went thru anotherborder crossing … Continue reading →

We walked around the grounds of what was once FortSeward, the first military presence established in the wild territory ofAlaska.  This was many years before Alaska became a state.  A lot ofcool old buildings and Alaskan Indian arts and totems.  … Continue reading →

We didn’t get much sleep last night.  We’re both exhausted!  Theweather is horrible, gray, low clouds over the mountains.   Haines is thesmallest town we’ve stopped at on our trip so far.  We drove down boththe major streets in town and got … Continue reading →

This morning was very foggy.  We’ve talked with lots of people on boardthe ship.  A few from Oregon, Washington and, of course, Alaska.  Butwe’ve also talked with a couple from South Africa and another fromAustralia.   We grabbed coffee and breakfast … Continue reading →

We’re on the trip of a lifetime, traveling the country.  What do we dothat’s special for our anniversary?  A ferry ride up the Inside Passage ofAlaska!! We woke this morning with the announcement of one hour notice to our firstport, … Continue reading →

We woke up this morning sometime after 7am to the announcement of KillerWhales all around the ship.  We did not jump out of bed to seethem.   We went into the cafeteria for breakfast and there was anotherannouncement for Killer Whales.  … Continue reading →

We’re packing up the truck and taking one last shower before leaving.  Jeannie has been a wonderful hostess and her cats LoTec and Java have provided ample entertainment.  We’re catching a ferry out of Bellingham to Alaska up the inside … Continue reading →

Today is Jeannie’s birthday, so we all went into Seattle for the day. Andrew and I had to drop off Big Red to receive some parts that werebackordered.  We dropped off the truck and walked down the street to aVietnamese place … Continue reading →