We left the dock in Meyers Chuck early! We planned a ~65nm day all the way down to Kah Shakes Cove with a pit stop in Ketchikan to mail a package and top off with fuel. (A 5:30am departure meant we didn’t order cinnamon rolls from Cassy to be delivered warm to Airship at 7am.) 🙁 Conditions were nice in Clarence Strait and we had an easy, uneventful cruise into … Read more
It’s been quite rainy the past couple days, and we’ve had a lack of wildlife, so not a ton of photos to show so far. We had a quiet night in Portage Bay, then continued on down Frederick Sound toward Petersburg. We planned a long day today — 60nm or so — from Portage Bay, past Petersburg and down Wrangell Narrows, across Sumner Strait to Exchange Cove. As long as … Read more
Kevin and I flew home for a few days for some family business, then returned to Juneau on the fourth of July. But we were so tired that we slept through the midnight fireworks completely. Oh well. On Sunday we had a down day…did some shopping, met friends Dan and Eileen for dinner, and thought about coming up with a rough plan for our route home (but still haven’t yet…I … Read more
As often happens, the last day of the flotilla is a whirlwind. We left Wood Spit around 6am for the 43nm cruise north to Juneau. Julie took this photo of Airship just after we pulled up our anchor. We arrived in Juneau, and after a bit of hustling we all eventually got space on the dock…some in slips in Aurora, some at transient dock space in Aurora, some in Douglas, … Read more
First, here are two pics from sunset last night that came in after we published yesterday’s post — one facing west, from Greg on True Grit: And one of True Grit taken by Adrienne on Evenstar 55, facing east: Right after these photos, the fog rolled in thick and amazingly fast! Also, since the shrimp haul has been quite successful here, I made shrimp risotto last night and I forgot … Read more
We left Tracy Arm Cove around 7am — out through the Tracy Arm bar, in over the Endicott Arm bar, and up Endicott Arm. We spotted a couple whales just as they dove — probably working on the same breakfast these seagulls were. We arrived at the entrance to Ford’s Terror just after 10am (about 20 minutes before the Juneau/Wood Spit high tide around 10:20am). Of course we had a … Read more
This morning we left Tracy Arm Cove around 7am for our cruise up Tracy Arm and back. We were hopeful we’d get to see at least North Sawyer glacier, but you just never know what the ice will be like as you transit further and further up the arm. More seals and pups on icebergs: It got more and more packed with ice, so we eventually just stopped and floated … Read more
This morning at Taku Harbor we had another leisurely morning and didn’t get underway until 10am, after some homemade coffee cake (two kinds! courtesy of Alicia on Evenstar 42) and and espresso drinks courtesy of True Grit. Our cruise down Stephens Passage to Holkham Bay was easy, and it’s always fun as people start spotting the first icebergs. As soon as everyone was in and anchored, we headed out in … Read more