Airship Goes to Alaska We arrived in Sitka early in the afternoon on the 3rd. The harbormaster put us in an end spot on Float 9 which as it turns out, was a primo spot for watching fireworks from the top deck, but more on that later. The weather was…
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Airship Goes to Alaska It was gray and rainy this morning at our Leesoffskaia Bay anchorage. We thought we'd head around the corner to Camp Coogan Bay to anchor for the night (because new place!) but first we thought we'd do a little exploring (and maybe some fishing) on the…
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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 We left Baby Bear Bay around 9:30am, timing it to get to Sergius Narrows about a half an hour before slack tide. We slowed up and checked conditions through the binocs and it looked fine so we headed through with no issues. Out past these islands…the Gulf…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We left Ell Cove fairly early in the morning. The first hour or so of our cruise was in some fog, but we still had pretty good visibility. The National Geographic Sea Lion called us via VHF to let us know they were going to exit…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We trolled for salmon on the way from Warm Springs Bay to our next stop at Ell Cove, and guess what? Deke caught a 25-inch Coho. Guess what’s for dinner tonight? Cleaning and filleting while under way: We arrived in Ell Cove and anchored, then took…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Today's trek was not too far up the east coast of Baranof Island from Red Bluff Bay to Baranof Hot Springs in Warm Springs Bay. Before we left Red Bluff Bay we took another spin around in the dinghy (and Kevin flew the drone). Here's a…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Kake came through on the work front. We got in lateish (after all the humpback drama in the afternoon), and it was raining and crappy out, so we just made dinner and did a bunch of work. In the morning, we did more work, filled up…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Quiet morning in Ford's Terror: Also, another black bear on shore (taken from Airship): We left Ford's Terror at the first high tide (about 20 minutes after high slack in Juneau, and there was just a little bit of current at the pinch point as we…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Ford’s Terror is a very steep and narrow fjord 60 miles southeast of Juneau in Alaska’s Inside Passage. You can only enter or exit the fjord at high slack tide when the rapids (and the 2-3 foot waterfall!) have turned calm and there is enough water covering…
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