Our Behm Canal Route An evening in Punchbowl Cove New Eddystone RockSean & Margaret Kayaking in Punchbowl CoveMargot and Margaret enjoying the placid watersThe steep sides of Rudyerd BayThis really looks like NorwayThe back side of Punchbowl CoveA…
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Fw: Spice Islands Festivities
Position 04.31S 129.53E
Four days after leaving Darwin we arrived at Bandaneira, the capital of the
tiny Banda Islands, previously known as the Spice Islands. Of all the places we
have visited, this is possibly the most beautiful and cert…
Banda Festival
Position 04.31S 129.53E
We had a comfortable run into Banda yesterday,
arriving early in the afternoon. Darwin didn’t really know the Rally was on but
Banda are building a huge festival around the event.
We’ll report in detail with pics
la…
Ketchikan Interlude
July 23, 2010We are really glad we headed to Ketchikan early. Several of the cruise ships cancelled their stops in Ketchikan due to the high winds in the channel. However, by early afternoon, the front passed by and the skies cleared as we headed to …
Craig to Ketchikan
Fog Formations in Clarence StraitPatrick At El Capitan CaveSome of the 370 steps to cave entranceThe entranceLots of tubes and branches, don’t get lost! Some of the flowstone formationsThis formation is called “drool”Ben and one of the USFS Guides in …
Petersburg to Craig
Ben & Connie Dancing Under the Stars in Sarkar Cove Miriam and Patrick dancing under the starsSpirit at Port Protection, State floatPatrick Kayaking at Port ProtectionThe main store and float at Port ProtectionMore Kayaking PhotosFuel dock at Peter…
From VA to NY: Time Flying
It is hard to believe we are already in Central New York State and we’ve been here for awhile… more than a month ahead of last year’s trip!! In early June, we left Sojourner in Chesapeake VA at the Atlantic Yacht Basin while we took a brief car trip to Lexington KY. Overnight stops in […]
Humpbacks and Bergs
The last three days were spent retracing our path from Petersburg to Endicott Arm via Frederick Sound, Stephens Passage and Tracy Arm Cove. As we rounded Cape Fanshaw we could see dozens of spouts and splashes from humpback whales feeding and playing f…
Endicott Arm and Humpbacks Again
Celebrating Connie’s Birthday with Glacial MargaritasBen & Connie Exploring the face of Dawes GlacierOne of several calvings on Dawes while we were thereBen & Connie exploringAnother potential christmas card photo of SpiritThere were still a l…
Intermission is Over
After our brief, but hot return to the Seattle area, we arrived back in Wrangell ahead of schedule by 20 minutes on Alaska Airlines and were greeted by cloudy skies and much cooler, but still pleasant temperatures.Spirit was fine, and we began the main…