Blogs from Alaska, United States, North America - page 211

Friday June 13 2008 Drove to the condo to say our goodbyes to the girls - sad we have had such fun with the kids, Becky and Lisa and the food! Wine was pretty up there as well. John, Mike and I went on 'Mermite' (Johns boat - named by Tayla after mermaids and marmite) over to Halibit Cove lagoon. Stoppped at the trail head for a quick look then fished for salmon, none about. All the locals cant beleive it. Todd arrived in his water taxi and we followed him out of the lagoon. Stoppped and fished off 'righthand beach' - no fish at all. Arrived back at 5pm and drove up the hill, magnificent views over Homer and Kachemak Bay. Caught up with Todd and went to the Salty Dwag to listen to 'Three ... read more

Monday 16th June 2008 Did the washing at the laundry mart - had the most interesting conversation with a man who was a'tad odd' told us 'a robin wont feed 5 people' you learn something ever day! Sure passed the time while waiting on the washing chatting to him. Had a pet ferret and was covered in scratches. Walked to the P.O. and posted mermaid home. met John at the bank and went to the spit. Mike and John moved Mermite while I did a bit of shopping. Went to the Homer Brewing Company for lunch. tried a couple of beers and decided Scottish Red Knot was for us. sat outside and had a 'brat' (hotdog, which was yummy) with our beer. headed for the Grass Hole. A few caught, but not by us. eagles flying ... read more

Cruising slowly through a maze of icebergs dotting the dark emerald, frigid, but flat, calm water. Sheer cliffs raise straight up out of the water, 3000 ft , on both our port and starboard, to the touch the grey clouds above. Waterfalls plummet down the granite faces into the water below. When we returned to Seattle after our trip to BC with the owners of the yacht, we each had four days off. I took off to see Candace in Tampa on an overnight flight . Tampa was experiencing typical south Florida summer weather, with on and off thunder showers, so we didn’t make it to the beach until my last day. Even then, the clouds rolled in at warp speed and sent us running for the car after just a couple hours of sunshine. It ... read more

Ahoj, zdravim vsechny, kteri sleduji me kroky. Kdyby to nahodou nekdo nevedel, tak jsem se rozhodl toulat se sedm tydnu po aljasce s batohem na zadech. Ted jsem tu a podelim se s vami o prvni dojmy. Predem se omlouvam za chybejici diakritiku, ale mam jenom sedm tydnu casu. Den 0. (19.7.2008) Z Ruzyne pres Frankfurt a Cincinnetti me donesla postupne tri letadla do mesta Anchorage, ktere je pry nejvetsi na Aljasce. Let trval v souctu 19 hodin, s 4 hodinami cekani na letistich. Diky smeru letu na zapad jsem prozil nejdelsi den sveho zivota, jelikoz zacal probuzenim ve 3 rano v Praze a skoncil usnutim v 11 v noci v Anchorage. Mezi tim ubehlo 31 hodin pri neustalem svetle. Dramaticky jednohodinovy prestup, ktery se mel odehravat v Cincinnetti, dramaticky byl. Protoze jsem sedel skoro na ... read more

Day 16-17 (July 13-14, 2008) Beaver Creek, YT to Haines, AK Good morning/afternoon wherever you are.... In this blog I will combine two days of travel…Sunday and Monday. I left Beaver Creek, YT on July 13 bound for Haines, AK. The Beaver Creek campground has this pesky raven that was hawking all evening and then all morning. I don’t know what his problem was but as you know, they are scavengers and gouge on what tourists leave behind. And they are all over Canada and Alaska. Had a good ride back down the Alaska Highway. This particular section from Whitehorse to the Alaska border is probably the worst section of the road with lots of upheavals and gravel patches. If a person takes his time, you can make it through this section without bottoming out your ... read more