Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
We departed Sitka in the afternoon and had about 9 hour sail to Juneau. It was an absolutely gorgeous day so we decided to find our outside spot, out of the wind and in full sun, and spend a few hours snacking and enjoying the scenery. We arrived in Juneau
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Sitka, Alaska sits on the west coast of Baranhof Island and is only accessible by air or by sea. The town was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867 and still retains Russian architecture. Alaska was purchased from Russian in 1867 and Sitka was the location for the transfer ceremony
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We departed Ketchikan on the ferry in the early afternoon and had about a 6 hour sail to Wrangell. It was beautiful and sunny out. It tends to be quite chilly out on the side of the boat without sun so most people gravitate to the sunny side. We had
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It was about a 37 hour sail from Bellingham to Ketchikan. We saw lots of whales and eagles and had bouts of sunshine and beautiful weather. There was the occasional rain shower but it quickly turned to blue skies again. We arrived in the Alaska Ferry port, just north of
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All aboard! As we waited in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Long Term Parking for our ship to arrive…suddenly it does! Almost 2 1/2 hours early! We planned on going over to the Ferry Terminal and watch it come in but they fooled us. It was supposed to be 9am so
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Time to leave Newfoundland….sob, sob, sob…… We drove to Argentia in the Avalon Peninsula to take the overnight ferry (16.5 hours) back to North Sydney in Nova Scotia. We arrived in plenty of time to check in and waited to board. We soon boarded and made our way to our
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J.T. CHeeseman Provincial Park sits about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of the ferry terminal at Port Aux Basques in Newfoundland and is the first campground after departing the ferry. It is right off the main highway which is Trans Canada Highway (TCH). By the time the ferry is docked
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Dawson City is a fun area to visit with a great town full of wonderful old buildings with lots of history. Further south is Bonanza Creek where you can do some panning for gold at the KVA free claim #6 and then visit the nearby Dredge #4 which is fantastic
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Campground: Quartzite Campground Location: Devils Lake State Park – Baraboo, Wisconsin Cost: $27 Services: W/E Comments: Very large park close to the water with easy access to the Wisconsin Dells. Link to Quartzite Campground on Map in “Where We’ve Been” In the morning we traveled south to Merrimac, Wisconsin and
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We drove up the east side of Kootenay Lake and then boarded the ferry to cross of the lake from Kootenay Bay to Balfour. From there we proceeded on over to Slocan Lake to New Denver. Beautiful drive. Campground: Rosebery Provincial Park Site: 15 Location: New Denver, British Columbia (just
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