Airship Goes to Alaska We liked Leesoffskaia Bay so much we stayed two nights! We took turns in the kayak yesterday afternoon (it was kinda rainy so we were all Alaska'd up in our rain gear and Xtratufs). Tiffani made dinner last night (stove-top chicken pot pies…delicious!) and we sat…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Tiffani and Deke showed up at Airship (Harris Harbor, Juneau, AK) at 10pm on June 20 (Woohoo! They're finally here!!). On Sunday the 21st we provisioned first thing. The Juneau IGA is a KILLER grocery store. It looks like any other slightly downtrodden rough-weather-place grocery store,…
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Airship Goes to Alaska This morning we got up on the early side (I know, big shocker) and Kevin went out the check the crab traps. He took the walkie talkie with him, and pretty soon I get a call saying the first trap was stuffed full with crabs and…
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Today was another 50+ mile day, so we left Pybus Bay at 6am (after pulling in one more Dungeness crab). Kevin pulling up crab traps at 5:30am: I'm glad it was clear when we arrived, or we'd have missed those beautiful mountains back there, covered by the misty gray this…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 13 Today was a 34 mile passage from Shearwater to Rescue Bay. We left Shearwater at 8am and went through Perceval Narrows (20 miles away) at slack tide. Once again the morning started out gray with low clouds and ended up warm and sunny.…
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Here's how far we've come so far (different color for each travel day): This afternoon when I pulled up one of our crab traps, I found a very strange thing. There was a fish attached to the outside of the crab trap. He looked as if he had been, um,…
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New addition to Airship's crab cooking capabilities (to go with our new large stock pot): The PowerStove. The PowerStove folds up pretty small and has a nice sturdy bag to hold everything (and it all fits inside the large stock pot): The PowerStove comes highly recommended by other boaters…
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Warning: Today was a picture-filled day. I tried to pare it down, but I didn't do too well. This morning before we left Ganges, we took advantage of the very nice free Wi-Fi for a couple hours of work this morning, and then headed up into town for breakfast (and…
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Yesterday morning we left Sidney Spit and headed for Ganges Harbor on Salt Spring Island. The weather was gray and a bit foggy, but seas were smooth for the most part and we had a nice cruise. (I didn't take any photos on the way, because it was all just…
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After working yesterday morning at Starbucks (and running into our friend Mark Bunzel there!) we left the Port of Sidney and over to nearby Sidney Spit on Sidney Island. We wanted to give this whole crabbing thing a shot, and we heard there was good crabbing out there. I got…
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