Finding Our Way
The drive from Pine Lake Campground hear Haines Junction to Whitehorse is a fairly short drive. It is a beautiful drive but we did encounter some construction and rough roads. Before we knew it we were in Whitehorse, filling up with fuel, and doing a bit of grocery shopping. The
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We departed Haines, Alaska and headed north to The Yukon. On our way we stopped by the Chilkat River for some eagle viewing. What an absolutely beautiful drive. We have the most recent edition of The MILEPOST 2024 as our previous version was from 2010. (We thought it was time
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We drove off the ferry in Haines, Alaska and headed to our RV Park. Since our scheduled arrival time was 3:30am we were unsure where we could park our RV until check-in time in the afternoon. So, we made a reservation for the night before and told the RV Park
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We departed Sitka in the afternoon and had about 9 hour sail to Juneau. It was an absolutely gorgeous day so we decided to find our outside spot, out of the wind and in full sun, and spend a few hours snacking and enjoying the scenery. We arrived in Juneau
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Sitka, Alaska sits on the west coast of Baranhof Island and is only accessible by air or by sea. The town was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867 and still retains Russian architecture. Alaska was purchased from Russian in 1867 and Sitka was the location for the transfer ceremony
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We departed Ketchikan on the ferry in the early afternoon and had about a 6 hour sail to Wrangell. It was beautiful and sunny out. It tends to be quite chilly out on the side of the boat without sun so most people gravitate to the sunny side. We had
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It was about a 37 hour sail from Bellingham to Ketchikan. We saw lots of whales and eagles and had bouts of sunshine and beautiful weather. There was the occasional rain shower but it quickly turned to blue skies again. We arrived in the Alaska Ferry port, just north of
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All aboard! As we waited in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Long Term Parking for our ship to arrive…suddenly it does! Almost 2 1/2 hours early! We planned on going over to the Ferry Terminal and watch it come in but they fooled us. It was supposed to be 9am so
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Yes, we are taking the ferry (and the RV) to Alaska! We booked our sailing as soon as the Alaska Ferry reservation system opened for the season in January. We reserved space for our RV and a 4 berth cabin (just to give us extra space) along with a sitting
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This morning we departed La Grande, Oregon and headed over the Blue Mountains. This involved driving over Deadmans Pass. It is no problem in the summer but can be quite a difficult drive during a winter snowstorm. It was windy but still warm and a beautiful sunny day. We came
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