Always on the lookout for logs and other flotsam, we spotted a UFO (Unidentified Floating Object) well in advance upon entering Kalinin...

More exploration! With the post-adrenaline high of our bear encounter, more excitement was in order. Just 30 nautical miles to the...

One of the top wishes for our trip to Alaska was to see bears fishing for salmon. All spring, hungry bears settle for sedges along the...

Leaving Petersburg, we travelled through Frederick Sound once again, a hotbed of whale activity. Soon we were amongst dozens of Humpback...

Our next stop was Sanborn Canal in Port Houghton. We saw this salmon tug-of-war on a long dinghy exploration of the inner bay. An early...

This is summer? We crossed the bar into Endicott Arm for the second time this summer and it still was frosty looking. We passed two...

Chris! With only a week to spend, we got right to exploring Juneau...in the rain...by bus. First stop, Taku Harbor. We previously...

Leaving Excursion Inlet, we followed Airship into Peril Strait, our trip delayed for some front row whale watching. The name Peril...

From Hoonah, we travelled south with Airship to Neka Bay, a quiet anchorage with lots of islands and coves to explore by dinghy. Icy...

"There's a deer, no a moose! On the beach over there!" Julie spotted Mom and Baby at the edge of the water just ahead of us. Without a...

Standing on the bridge connecting Douglas Island to the mainland Juneau affords this view down Gastineau Channel to the mountains in the...

While in Ford's Terror, we had the good fortune to see Brown Bears, close up from the dinghy. This post is just bear pictures-because...

Ford's Terror is an intimidating name for one of the most scenic and special places in SE Alaska. The entrance is narrow and shallow...

We set off from Taku Harbor south in Stephens Passage into the fog to Tracy Arm Cove. Dog Star in the fog (photo courtesy Sam Landsman). ...

Our group of travelers discussed the next leg of our trip, to work our way eastward to the mainland, in the context of an incoming...

Two nights at Takatz Bay was a nice relief from our rapid pace of anchoring in a new place every night. We sailed up Chatham Strait in a...

It is a short hop from Warm Spring Bay to Takatz Bay, a beautiful anchorage on Baranof Island with lots of nooks and crannies to explore....

Warm Spring Bay on Baranof Island has a roaring waterfall, small public dock and a boardwalk connecting a few private homes, a whale...

Humpback whale in the middle of a herring ball in Chatham Strait. Coronation Island is a special place, but the weather window to visit...

Coronation Island is south of the tip of Kuiu Island, hanging out in Dixon Entrance and the edge of the Gulf of Alaska. The weather has...