Skagway Is a small town on a fjord called the Lynn Canal. In the winter it gets down to less than a thousand people. In the summer the population swells to 2,500 working in the town and, when there are Read More …

The Red Dog Saloon We had lunch at the Red Dog Saloon. When we were planning the cruise and deciding what excursions to do when we were in port, our focus in Juneau was the Mendenhall Glacier. We overheard a Read More …

During our visit to the Mendenhall Glacier we walked up to Nugget Falls. Though the falls can be seen beside the glacier, they don’t flow from it. Instead, they come from the parent glacier high in the mountains and the Read More …

The Mendenhall Glacier is an ice tongue that flows out of the massive Juneau Icefield. It’s retreating, leaving behind it a melt lake that is also fed by Nugget Falls, which can be seen beside the glacier. Though it is Read More …

Our sole planned excursion in Juneau was to the Mendenhall Glacier. The driver of our bus provided a commentary on Juneau sites as he drove, then left us at the glacier to organize our own time there. We decided to Read More …

Snow Pass is up the coast from Ketchikan. Here the Inside Passage narrows and the tidewater produces an abundance of fish. The Island Princess had a naturalist on board and throughout the afternoon he was on the shipwide PA system, Read More …

Creek Street During the Klondike Gold Rush when the Alaska panhandle was flooded with gold seekers, houses of ill repute were endemic in the towns that sprang up. In Ketchikan, Creek Street was where they were located. The street got its Read More …

We docked in Ketchikan before I even woke up, somewhere around 6 am, I think. We didn’t have anything planned, so we had a leisurely breakfast, then went out into the town to see what was there. Ketchikan advertises itself Read More …