Days 45-51: July 11-17, 2022 Ellen didn’t puke anymore after that one incident at the museum. No one else in the family got the pukes. While we didn’t get a stomach bug, we did get a nasty cold or something. Lillian had a sore throat, and then her nose got yucky, and she was feeling … [Read more…]
Days 43-44 July 9-10, 2022 Harris Harbor to Auke Bay 37 miles- 2682 total miles Saturday: The weather didn’t look great for going anywhere over the weekend, so we decided to move the boat from Harris Harbor, downtown Juneau, back to Auke Bay. Auke Bay will be closer to where we want to go next … [Read more…]
July 5-8, 2022 Days 39-42 Juneau On Tuesdays there is story time at the library, so we wanted to try to make that. I have fond memories taking my other two kids to story time when they were little. We got off a hair late, but made it as they were singing the opening song. … [Read more…]
July 4, 2022 Day 38: Tracy Arm Cove to Juneau 53 miles- 2645 total miles Today no one was really feeling breakfast so we didn’t heat anything up so we were able to head out more quickly. Right outside the cove there were huge icebergs. We saw a few bald eagles, and other birds fishing. … [Read more…]
July 3, 2022 Day 37: Ford’s Terror to Tracy Arm Cove 94 miles- 2592 total miles. We had a quick breakfast and headed out. Our options for leaving Ford’s Terror was either this morning around 11:00 AM at low slack, or around 5:00 PM this evening at high slack. Going at low slack is a … [Read more…]
July 2, 2022 Day 36: Taku Harbor to Ford’s Terror 93 miles- 2498 total miles We slept in a bit this morning due to a late night the night before. I’m always surprised how late Ellen can sleep due to how bright it is. Around 3:00 AM Chris gets up and puts on a … [Read more…]
July 1, 2022 Day 35: Auke Bay to Taku Harbor 61 miles- 2405 total miles Boating to Alaska is a big trip. There is so much to do, people will take months to do the trip and still not see anything. Since Chris only has so much time off work we got our Airbnb in … [Read more…]
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…]
