http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Alaska , Sitka en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:08:50 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:08:50 BST This day was the most amazing day for us. The boat could not dock into Sitka as the water there was too low. We met for the Sea Otters and Wildelife excursion into the RendezVous bar where we were given a sticker for our excusrion.We took a boat directly from the ship. There were 2 decks. The one at the top had an observation deck. The boat went out to sea for about 10 minutes. This is were we s http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-323226.html Today marks the countdown. Officially I will be in China in less than a week So exciting. I have a mess in my living room. Clothes meds and bags spread everywhere. It's been that way for a week or two now. I figure if I look at the stuff enough I'll be able to figure out exactly what will make the cut. Make it to China that is. The comfy neck pillow It takes up so much space... But I'll be f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-311923.html Saturday July 26th Arose at 5am to catch the 800 ferry to Sitka. So TODAY the sun decides to shine in Juneau. Breakfasted on the dock where there are no generator rules and Mom and Mariko were carted directly to the elevator on the ferry while Anne drove on as one of the last boarders. Anne found that motor homes get special treatment extra boards to avoid bottoming out on the ramp. M http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-307382.html Hm. Paa tide aa vende nesen hjemover merker jeg. Dagen i dag mens jeg venter paa ferga har jeg brukt til aa drikke kaffe i bokhandelen og henge paa den lokale surfesjappa. Jeg har ikke saa mye foelelse av aa vaere turist lengre. Og saa begynner jeg saa smaatt aa bli lei av soveposen og teltet mitt.... Det er trivelig her i Sitka men ikke saa mye mer aa gjoere enn kajakk og rusle fjellturer. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-304070.html En kort liten posting. Mest fordi jeg har padlet saa mye de siste dagene at jeg nesten ikke klarer aa skrive... armene er moere Befinner meg i Sitka etter en fergetur fra Juneau. Her har jeg vaert de siste dagene kom nettopp tilbake fra en todagers kajakktur delvis utaskjaers setter sjoebein ennaa. Sitka er midt i regnskogbeltet saa det er rimelig vaatt her men av en eller annen grunn be http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-303756.html It rained during the night as we found out in the morning as water poured off the tent when Dave opened the hatch. However we never heard the rain during the night. We also noticed we were sitting on the floor of the van with almost all the air gone out of the mattress as we got out of the van. Not a good sign. By the time we had breakfast and were ready to go the skies were just cloudy and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-293185.html Five am came early this morning as I suppose it does every morning. We grabbed coffee at the campground office and headed to the Ferry Terminal about 5 miles away. Two hours before the ferry leaves you need to check in and get a lane assignment. There we sat in our lane number 5 until about 730 am.We are on the Fairweather today which is a highspeed catamaran ferry. It is quite nice and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-293170.html What a great place Sitka turned out to be doubtless the gorgeous weather helped. The ship anchored off shore and we were taken to the dock on tenders aka the lifeboats. I figured if we had to use them for the real thing the food wouldn't be quite what we'd become used toAccording to Wikipedia The name Sitka derived from Sheetrsquok a contraction of the Tlingit name Shee At'ik means http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-283086.html We left Kona and said our goodbyes. Then we arrived in Honolulu around 7ish p.m. We had some Burger King aka BK for dinner. After getting some grub we walked around the airport. We went into this store can't remember what it was called but it had lots of makeup and perfume. Tasha Mary and Saulina went in there to try on some cool stuff and some good smelling perfume. Jen came furiously lo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-257704.html We thought we should let you know who we are We are getting busy packing for our trip to Hawaii. We will keep you updated on our adventures daily Thanks for checking out the blog http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-246322.html It all started on an early Friday morning in July. I had to check in at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 0700 AM where I had to pick my flight at 1000AM. It took off at 1030 AM so there was the first delay of 30 minutes. After a great flight with lots of turbulence I arrived in Detroit the Motor city. It was 1300 and my connecting flight to Seattle would go at 1530. But first I had to go thru c http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-180175.html We anchored off of Sitka in Sitka Sound at 8 A.M. this morning. Then we began tendering in as the saying goes. Tenders are the ship's smaller boats life boats that are used to transport passengers from ship to shore and back when there is no dock space or a dock large enough to handle large floating hotels like the Amsterdam. The tenders are operated by the Quartermaster. Quartermasters are e http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-176479.html Sitka AlaskanbspNorth America raquonbspUnited States raquonbspAlaska raquonbspSitka By historianherbJune 8th 2007Herbert Abrams We have finally arrived at our first port of call which is Sitka Alaska. The cruise ship can't dock at Sitka so we have to take small boats from the cruise ship to the dock. Sitka Alaska is a small Alaskan town which originally was populated by the Native http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-169947.html Today was partly sunny with no rain and rather warm. Beautiful We got to Sitka AK on Baranof Island. Sitka is a small mostly fishing town. I think the local shop owners were a little dazed at the arrival of tourists. I ran into town to buy very expensive cigarettes from a machine at a smoky bar the only place in town that sold cigarettes batteries for my camera and postcards. Pam Mary http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-91788.html For our stop in Sitka we decided to do what is one of the most reasonably priced tour in the entire Alaska catalog the City Tour. Personally speaking the city tour is worth the price of admission in fact you get to see a lot and one would feel that another hour would be very well used. The City Tour conducted on a School Bus includes the Raptor Center a stop at the National Park a perfor http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-41227.html Forget injuries never forget kingnesses.Confucius Sunday June 26 2005 Sunday. At the center of downtown Sitka is a large Russian Orthodox Church. So we thought we would attend service there. However we didnrsquot realize it was two hours of standing. The decorative church is filled with silver and gold everything and is quite ornate. After a half hour we drifted out the doorway.We http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-13973.html A person is only as good as what they love.Saul Bellow June 24 2005 Friday. The system of getting on and off the ferry is now down pat. Our campground is right next to the ferry dock and 13 mile to downtown Sitka. We have not had any cell reception with Verizon since WA. People with Cellular One are fine. Today was our first mail pickup everything went smoothly thank yo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Sitka/blog-13913.html