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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Category: 2021 Alaska Dream Cruise

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast8 Comments

The COVID Coda

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Rich McClear

This is the hardest post to write.  I mentioned COVID fogged brain in my last post.  I missed the final dinner, although they brought a delicious Beef Wellington to my stateroom.  I also missed the final slide show and farewell … Continue reading The COVID Coda

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

A Coda With Whales.

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Rich McClear

After leaving Kake we headed home toward Sitka.  We turned from Fredrick Sound into Chatham Strait and then into Peril Strait.  Peril Strait was not named for any navigational hazard but because it is where many people died of paralytic … Continue reading A Coda With Whales.

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

Tall Tales and a Taller Totem

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Rich McClear

Raven Radio’s first remote transmitter was in Kake, and it had been several years since I had visited the town.  We listened to a talk by Native carver Michael Jackson and stories by 88-year-old elder Marvin Kadake, a proud Korean … Continue reading Tall Tales and a Taller Totem

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

Petersburg to Thomas Bay.

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Rich McClear

In Petersburg the sun came out just before we sailed out of the harbor and that gives me the excuse for another post, showing the final few minutes in Petersburg and the sunny sail out. As we sailed into Fredrick … Continue reading Petersburg to Thomas Bay.

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

Alaska’s Little Norway

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 Rich McClear

After an evening anchored up in Scow Bay we pulled into Petersburg.  Petersburg was settled by Norwegian Fishermen and is located not far from the active tidewater LeConte Glacier that provided ice to pack fish for shipment south.  We all … Continue reading Alaska’s Little Norway

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

Aye, There’s the Rub, and Running the Ditch

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 Rich McClear

In the afternoon we toured Wrangell, drove by Chief Shakes house and made stops at the museum and Petroglyph Beach.  The petroglyphs along the beach are a mystery.  No one knows why they are there, who put them there or … Continue reading Aye, There’s the Rub, and Running the Ditch

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

AnAn Wildlife Observatory, Bears!

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 Rich McClear

AnAn Wildlife observatory is on the mainland behind Wrangell Island near the Bradfield Canal.  It is a 62 NM roundtrip from Wrangell.  We took a tour on a local airboat from where we docked.  While the main attraction is watching … Continue reading AnAn Wildlife Observatory, Bears!

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast2 Comments

An Unfinished Yosemite, Tracy Arm.

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 Rich McClear

After refueling with gas and Drambuie (at my request) we left Auke Bay under overcast skies, which brings out the blues of the ice and water and the greens of the misty clouds that seem almost alive as they snake … Continue reading An Unfinished Yosemite, Tracy Arm.

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast2 Comments

Sea Lions, Puffins and Bears, Why Not? South Marble Island in Glacier Bay.

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Rich McClear

We encountered some rough weather sailing down the bay and Captain Eric was not sure we would be able to make a close pass by South Marble Island, which is a sea lion rookery and home to sea birds, including … Continue reading Sea Lions, Puffins and Bears, Why Not? South Marble Island in Glacier Bay.

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Sitka3 Comments

Johns Hopkins Glacier, Glacier Bay

September 11, 2021September 12, 2021 Rich McClear

We anchored behind Composite Island and tarried (some folks taking advantage of the tarrying by going out in kayaks) until Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam sailed past.  Captain Eric didn’t want us to even see the big ship.  While Nieuw Amsterdam … Continue reading Johns Hopkins Glacier, Glacier Bay

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Sitka1 Comment

Ice Refugees, Bartlett Cove

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Rich McClear

The healing pole sits upland from the Bartlett Cove Dock.  It is a 20-foot yellow cedar pole depicting the conflicts between the park service and Huna tribe over their return to Glacier Bay.  It combines traditional and modern forms and … Continue reading Ice Refugees, Bartlett Cove

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

No Pelican, Whales!

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Rich McClear

The plan was to visit the fishing village of Pelican, but weather had a different idea.  To reach Pelican you need to cross Cross Sound.  (On some of the older English maps it is called Croff Sound, but Captain Cook … Continue reading No Pelican, Whales!

Alaska, 2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Cruises, Southeast1 Comment

Looking for Nimbus (in Juneau)

September 10, 2021September 11, 2021 Rich McClear

When we lived in Juneau, I managed KTOO radio. KTOO was on the same street as, and a block from, the State Capital.  Across from the Capital was the Dimond Courthouse.   It had a modern sculpture in its courtyard, light … Continue reading Looking for Nimbus (in Juneau)

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast2 Comments

Alaska’s Brigadoon, Juneau

September 10, 2021September 11, 2021 Rich McClear

Our cruise left on Sunday, so we flew over to Juneau on Saturday night.  The plane was late as clouds and fog rolled into and out of Southeast’s mountains, bays and passes.  Before GPS and Fog Busters I used to … Continue reading Alaska’s Brigadoon, Juneau

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise, Alaska, Cruises, Southeast2 Comments

2021 Alaska Dream Cruise.

September 10, 2021November 9, 2021 Rich McClear

I’ve wanted to take one of these cruises for a decade.  The timing never worked out.  For the first several years we were overseas. Then other travel, and then the COVID epidemic intervened. Allen has been part of our lives … Continue reading 2021 Alaska Dream Cruise.

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