Shearwater, Pruth Bay, and Sullivan Bay, BC While in Shearwater on Wednesday afternoon we got a few groceries at the market there, and hung out at the Fisherman's Bar & Grill and worked for a few hours. Shearwater is great, but the internet there kinda sucks. The free internet didn't…
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Airship Goes to Alaska (and BC) Prince Rupert (AK) — Lowe Inlet (BC) — Khutze Inlet (BC) — Jackson Passage (BC) — Shearwater (BC) Sunday was a 58 mile day and a good chunk of it was in Grenville Channel. Grenville Channel is a 42-mile long narrow channel that locals…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We spent two nights in Prince Rupert because (1) see previous post and (2) we needed to do laundry and stock up on some produce (and wine). Atlin Terminal and public market in Cow Bay: There are some great murals around town! I think both of…
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The other day, our macerator pump stopped macerating. (This is the thing that empties your waste tank.) If you can't empty your waste tank, you'll soon no longer have a working head (toilet). This is not a good situation to be in, obviously. I wish we could say that the…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Early morning in Foggy Bay, AK: We got up early yesterday morning (even though we stayed up pretty late the night before watching the Northern Lights) and decided to get this whole Dixon Entrance thing behind us. It was super calm for most of our cruise…
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Airship Goes to Alaska I'm just gonna start with this: "Holy crap it's so amazing!!!" Okay now, continue reading. There will be more candy later. Downtown Ketchikan from the water: On Thursday morning we ran a few errands in Ketchikan (more Ray Troll shirts for friends, picking up some tax docs…
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Airship Goes to Alaska That is straight outta the camera, no filters whatsoever. Incredible, isn't it? I couldn't make this sunset look real in Photoshop no matter how hard I tried. It was spectacular. Sure glad those cruise ships left! This is our view (same direction) this morning: The cruise…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Last night's sunset in Kasaan: We left Kasaan early this morning and headed toward Ketchikan. The weather was beautiful. As we got most of the way across Clarence Strait, we started seeing humpbacks in the distance, off to our right. Pretty soon I heard a very…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We left Meyers Chuck this morning and headed out into Clarence Strait and headed for the village of Kasaan, across the Strait and on the east side of Prince of Wales Island about 30 miles northwest of Ketchikan. Kasaan (population around 53) is one of the only…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We wandered around Meyers Chuck yesterday evening once it stopped raining. Here's our post from the last time we were here, and here are some photos from our wandering around during this visit. Looking out into Clarence Strait: Meyers Chuck post office: Floatplane dock in the foreground:…
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