June 27-June 30, 20222 Days 31-34: Juneau Our first week in Juneau and in our Airbnb. It’s been nice to have somewhat of a schedule again! Chris started work on Monday. It’s weird having him out of sight and not around. He did have to take a lunch break to run a few errands and … [Read more…]
June 25, 2022 Day 29: Auke Bay Juneau We didn’t boat anywhere today. Today was a chore day, moving out of the boat, cleaning the boat, and getting ready to move into our Airbnb tomorrow. I woke up early, it was bright and hot. I started reading and then I checked the time and it … [Read more…]
June 24, 2022 Day 28: Finger’s Bay to Auke Bay (Juneau!) 111miles- 2344 total miles Chris made breakfast again this morning. Ellen had a poopy diaper blowout. There are still so many bugs. There were a few spots we still wanted to check out on our way out of Glacier Bay. We stopped into Berg … [Read more…]
June 23, 2022 Day 27: Bartlett Cove-Fingers Bay 129 miles- 2233 total miles Since we were just anchored outside the lodge we decided we should just stop in for breakfast. So we had breakfast at the lodge before heading out. Today is my grandma’s birthday! During breakfast we had wifi so I was able to … [Read more…]
June 22, 2022 Day 26: Russell Island Passage to Bartlett Cove Glacier Bay National Park 80 miles- 2104 total miles The boat rocking did stop in the night. I don’t know when, I just know we aren’t rocking right now. No one got sick. After breakfast we decided to go back to Margerie Glacier and … [Read more…]
June 21, 2022 Day 25 Reid Inlet to Russell Island Passage 39 miles- 2024 total miles We woke up and moved our anchorage to be closer to the glacier and land so we wouldn’t have to paddle as far, or walk as far up to the glacier. Chris got out the dinghy, I got out … [Read more…]
June 20, 2022 Day 24: N Arm of Dundas Bay to Reid Inlet Glacier Bay National Park: 93 miles- 1985 total miles We got up early this morning, before 6:00 AM so we could get good tides, wind, and hopefully time the Glacier Bay Lodge breakfast. As we were pulling up the anchor Chris and … [Read more…]
June 19, 2022 Day 23: Dundas Bay SW Arm to Dundas Bay N Arm 8 miles- 1892 total miles Chris made breakfast this morning, it’s always a good morning when I don’t have to make breakfast! There was a black bear on the beach near our anchorage. We are still getting excited when we see … [Read more…]
June 18, 2022 Day 22: Pelican to Dudas Bay (South West Arm) 62 miles- 1884 total miles We needed to leave Pelican early because we were crossing that open stretch of water again. The winds and seas were supposed to pick up later in the afternoon, so an early start seemed like the best option. … [Read more…]
June 17,2022 Day 21: Mite Cove to Pelican 66 miles- 1822 total miles We knew we wanted to get to Pelican today, but before Pelican we wanted to explore this little section of water. Chris saw that there was a public forest dock that led to a shelter and we wanted to go check it … [Read more…]
June 16, 2022 Day 20: Mosquito Cove to Mite Cove 30 miles- 1756 total miles We woke up to a lot of sun and it was feeling very warm. We all went in the dinghy this morning and walked around on land at low tide. Low tide makes me nervous because bears will come out … [Read more…]
June 15, 2022 Day 19: Hoonah to Mosquito Cove 47 miles- 1726 total miles We woke up kind of early for us, and were out of the boat by 8:30 AM. Since Ellen stays up so late she does sleep in until about 8:30-9:00 AM in the morning, so this was early for us. We … [Read more…]
June 14, 2022 Day 18: Appleton Cove to Hoonah 86 miles- 1679 total miles After the kids and Chris went on the dinghy yesterday, we left it out so people could go out in it today. Chris took the kids out in the dinghy, even Ellen got to go. I decided to stay back and … [Read more…]
June 13, 2022 Day 17: Sitka to Appleton Cove 71 miles- 1593 total miles We woke up in Sitka and we weren’t sure if we were going to stay a bit longer or head out. One of the things Chris really wanted to do was go on the outside of Sitka to get to Pelican … [Read more…]
June 12, 2022 Day 16: Warm Springs to Sitka 104 miles- 1522 total miles In the middle of the night a big fishing ship came and docked where Northern Song was earlier in the day. Fishing boats have these massive lights on them and when they pulled up it woke Chris and I up. I … [Read more…]
