Aug 6, 2012 - Day 27 Sitka

Best weather day of all with no rain. Caught a 30 pound King salmon and missed best of the day by quarter inch. Passed on halibut fishing and headed in early dock at 2:30. Great dinner of halibut enchiladas and salmon. Crew and wives joined us. A really professional operation.

Aug 4, 2012 - day 26 Sitka fishcamp

Up at 4AM early start on the water by 5. Caught my King salmon right away (limit =1) and we started bottom fishing for Halibut. Hsd a bite and reeled for 25 minutes. The fish weighed 250 pounds. They could barely get into the boat. Great experience. Tomorrow is last day.

Jul 25, 2012 - Sitka

July 24 We boarded our ferry last night about 9:00 pm and left at 10:45. This ship’s ultimate destination is Bellingham, Washington. We reserved a cabin since the trip was through the night. Others slept in lounge chairs on the solar deck, but there were heaters all over, so it stayed warm for them. Walking around the ship, there were bodies in every chair and corner. I’m so glad we got the cabin. It was larger than we expected. We had a full bath. The beds were twin size bunks. The food on board was very good. For breakfast, the special...

Jul 21, 2012 - Alaskan Cruise - No 2. 14-21 July

Hi all finally back on-line. Sorry about putting all the pictures on this entry. Hope it doesn't take too long to download. The second cruise is over...and what a time we have had. Only 1 day of rain! That's unheard of in Alaska. We had so many highlights during this trip I'll dot point them:- Day 1-Spotted brown bear on beach, (not like ours of course)trying to catch fish. Must have been a young bear. He was so funny to watch. Near him in the forest was a packs of wolves, with pups, laying on a large boulder. The bear, when finished...

Jun 20, 2012 - Day 6 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012

We woke up this morning very rested. The bed is very comfortable with all the pillows. We are going to need more pillows at home on our bed. Keith and I went down to the hot tub which is downstairs outside (under the 2nd floor balcony). The temperature outside right now is cool, but the hot tub temp is 103 degrees. It felt great! We then went back to our room to get ready for breakfast. This morning Bill at the B&B served a baked sunny side up egg dish. I didn't care for it because it was runny. He also served pineapple and toast. The four...

Jun 19, 2012 - Day 5 - Tuesday, June 19, 2012

We woke up around 6:00 AM. I slept really well in the soft warm bed for the short four hours, but felt rested. We had a cup of coffee in the room and took our showers, then headed downstairs where breakfast was waiting for us. Bill, the B&B owner, cooked blueberry buttermilk pancakes with blueberry topping, a raspberry fruit mix and peach cobbler. It was great! I had a cup of coffee to get me going...think coffee is going to be my friend on this trip. Today we will catch the city bus at the McDonald's down the street to tour Sitka. I'm...

Aug 10, 2011 - Sitka

Days 43-48 It was a nine hour ferry ride from Juneau to Sitka. While we were still in the Admiralty Channel, we saw a few whales. During the last three hours, the ferry wove its way through some fairly narrow passageways and channels. We saw a few bald eagles sitting in the shore line trees. One of them swooped down to the water and picked up a little fish. This happened directly in front of the boat! Wow! I’d made reservations at the Sitka Sportsman’s Association RV Park because they said they had Wi-Fi. The emailed directions from them...

Jun 21, 2011 - A Short Stop in Sitka

We were wide awake by 5AM. Our stop in Juneau occurred during the night around midnight, but it didn't bother us much. The bunks are quite comfortable, so we slept well. First thing we did was go to the lounge and get a seat in front of the windows. We sat there all morning until our stop in Sitka except for a time to get some coffee to go with our apple fritter we brought from a Haines bakery. Plus, there was lots of going outside for pictures. Even though we sit in front of windows, it is better to take pictures outside instead of...

Oct 5, 2010 - Skagway -- and on to last stop: Sitka

Tom: Despite the dire predictions -- including a “severe weather alert” for Skagway, we sailed into the scenic port of Skagway under mostly sunny skies. This was the northern terminus for this ferry run, and only some passengers would continue on later in the afternoon on the trip back to Bellingham. A few persons were making the round trip; and we were among those that would take the first leg of the trip south back to our destination at Sitka. But between the end of the northbound journey, and the start of the one going south, there were...

Jul 30, 2010 - Fast Ferry

When we checked in for the ferry we saw the people with a camper van whom we had seen in Whitehorse. They got on the ferry before ours. We went to look for bears, but didn't see a single one. On the ferry we claimed a table with four recliner chairs by a window. There was also a children's play area and a quiet study area. By the snack store there were small round tables with two small padded chairs by each. The outdoor observation deck was at the stern over the jets of water that gave the ferry its speed. We passed two squat lighthouses...

Jun 30, 2010 - Sitka

We have liked Sitka the best of SE Alaska. We camped at Starrigavan Park, a Tongas National Forest Park. US Forest Service has recently put a lot of money in this park and it shows. We walked two of the three hiking trails that start at this park. The Estuary trail has a beautiful boardwalk with an elaborate bird viewing shelter. Now... to get USFWS to put money into Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge. We saw red-breasted sapsuckers on our walk and George got a good photo of one. We also saw lots of huge slugs on the trail. They were big...

Aug 23, 2009 - Sitka AK, 8am - 5pm

Sunday, 8-23-09 - Sitka (second time) Today starts our round of ports that we will be seeing twice on this 14-day cruise. Counting today, there are 3 of the 4 ports remaining that we saw last week...Sitka, Juneau & Ketchikan. We anchored at Sitka again, which means we tendered in on lifeboats. We went on a Sea Otter Quest & Alaska Raptor Center tour. We actually started with the Sea Otter Quest and instead of taking a tender to the pier in Sitka, the Sea Otter tour catamaran came directly to the ship and picked us up. We immediately went...