We are back in Canada today. Our plan had been to slowly make our way from Craig down to the bottom of Prince of Wales Island where we...

We left Salt Lake Bay this morning on a negative tide, which was perhaps not the best planning with all the rocks that plague entry to...

After a night of rollers rocking the boat and water slapping the hull, we were ready to move on from Egg Harbor. We loved the...

We woke to blue skies, calm seas, and no fog. I convinced Ryan that we should attempt to go to Egg Harbor, an anchorage I had read about...

As soon as we left Wrangell Harbor Inlet we entered a dense fog that lasted all morning. It was nice and calm, but at times we could only...

Bears! Bears! Bears! We got started early today because we wanted to be first to the forest service bear observatory this morning. We got...

Three days in one post! After Hole in the Wall, we had to stop in Wrangell for a couple nights to use their tidal grids. This is the...

Today we visited El Capitan Cave, Alaska’s longest mapped cave. The US Forest Service offers free tours, and we had called and reserved a...

We stayed in Devilfish Bay today, since the weather was not conducive to pleasure cruising. With the satellite dish working again...

What a day! Southeast Alaska is so amazing, particularly when you get off the beaten track. Today we did all sorts of magical things that...

Today did not get off to a promising start, then - whales! But I’m getting ahead of myself. We left at 6 AM this morning, hoping to find...

With windy weather coming in from the Gulf of Alaska and Chatham Strait open to the ocean, we decided to stay put in Baranof Warm Springs...

Last night was noisy with slapping waves from a westerly wind through the cove, so we were almost glad to get up at 4:30 AM for the early...

We spent quite a bit of time last night trying to work out timing for today’s trip that optimized transits of all the narrows...

We had a fun visit with Mike. We took advantage of staying in one place for a while and devoted quite a few hours this week to fishing....

Weather was a bit better today - not as rainy, but still not the sunny days we had grown accustomed to in Glacier Bay. A stormy looking...

Our friend Mike from Anchorage arrived at midday. We had spent the morning fueling up, getting the boat ready, and picking up last minute...

We don’t have to race off anywhere, so we had a slow start this morning. Now that we have cellular coverage again, I did my usual Sunday...

With big winds forecast for the Gulf of Alaska tomorrow and some open ocean exposure required to reach Sitka, we decided to just suck it...

As wonderful as Glacier Bay has been, it was nice today to have a change from glaciers and mountains. As usual, we got up early to take...