DAY 7 — is full of animals We begin the day with a walk in the forest of Admiralty Island. It is our last shore excursion of the trip. Again, it is another mix of pristine forest and beach. Dave’s Photos Kathy’s photos About midday in Frederick Sound we see Orcas, and at one pointContinue reading “Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Six”
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Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Five
DAY 5 — Pack Creek Today is another momentous day on the trip — Grizzly Day! We leave our private whispy fog enshrouded harbor and cross west to Admiralty Island and the Pack Creek Bear Viewing Wilderness Area. On our transit, I read a book about how the area came to be established. Too longContinue reading “Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Five”
Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Four
DAY 4 — Dawes Glacier This morning I am invited down to the engine room by the Captain, to see what it takes to get the engine started for the day. First, there are about a dozen spots requiring a gentle squirt of oil from a long necked can I remember seeing in my grandfather’sContinue reading “Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Four”
Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Three
DAY 3 — Fords Terror For the trip, we are provided charming journals, the paper capable of being written on in the rain, to record our experiences. I managed it for twenty minutes on the afternoon of day one, and sadly, that was it. Each morning when Christine chalked the breakfast menu on the galleyContinue reading “Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Three”
Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Two
DAY 1 Within an hour of stepping aboard the David B and receiving our boat safety lecture, Jefferey had the maps out to show us the planned itinerary for the week and was cruising south through a narrow channel between the mainland and Douglas Island, and out into the network of watery highways of SoutheastContinue reading “Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part Two”
Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part One
Dear Family and Friends, In January, I came across an advertisement in a photography magazine for a very intriguing workshop — adventure cruising in Alaska. I forwarded the link to Dave and said something brilliant like, “Wouldn’t this be awesome to do some day?” His reply? “Why not?! What would we wait for?” Indeed! TheContinue reading “Our Eight Day Photography Excursion Aboard the MV David B — Part One”
snow, Snow, SNOW!
— our first two weeks in the park — Dear Friends, Already life in Pennsylvania and the crazy efforts to get packed and across the country seems like months ago. Our favorite camp site is reserved for us and most of the snow is already plowed off. After shoveling a stubborn ice & snow bank,Continue reading “snow, Snow, SNOW!”
“Continue on I-80”
We’ve had smoother starts to trips. 😉
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Red and gold sunrise over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
A Lift to Our Spirits
Our three and a half days at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta As members of the Airstream Club International, our quest for tickets to the Airstream rally at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta began three years ago. Our number did not come up in the 2019 lottery for one of the coveted spots next to theContinue reading “A Lift to Our Spirits”