Although Hurricane Irene caused a lot of damage in this area, she was not as destructive as feared. However, the number of homes still without power is in the thousands and it will take several days for the cleanup crews to deal with the downed trees …
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Riding out the storm
The wind is howling while the rain is pelting against our windows. So far, at 14:15 hrs it is gusting 35 kts and the Weems Creek has become choppy. Diesel Duck is dancing around on her mooring. Benno thought it prudent to let out our mooring line to…
Shitty Weather
Picture of Benno in the rain with mask. Didn’t need the snorkel! (View Post…)
August 25-26 – Thorne Bay to Prince Rupert (aka “Escape from Alaska”)
The weather on Thursday, August 25 was a 180 degree change from the recent weather. We left before dawn to calm winds and flat seas in Clarence Strait. We decided to take as much advantage of it as possible by going as far as we could. We blew by Ket…
August 25-26 – Thorne Bay to Prince Rupert (aka “Escape from Alaska”)
The weather on Thursday, August 25 was a 180 degree change from the recent weather. We left before dawn to calm winds and flat seas in Chatham Strait. We decided to take as much advantage of it as possible by going as far as we could. We blew by Ketc…
From Roanoke, Virginia USA
We’ve been home for 9 days and in some ways it feels as if we never left from our last visit. Time is funny. I’m having to relearn being in the US. I want to say gunaydin (good morning in Turkish) when I pass people on my d…
Waiting for Irene
In anticipation of hurricane Irene the Navy has brought some of their fleet of racing sailboats into Weems Creek. There are seven Navy buoys located in this area and more Navy buoys in Luce and Clements Creeks where the rest of the fleet went. (C…
August 12–23 Juneau to Thorne Bay (or “September is two weeks early this year”)
I’ve been using pretty bland blog post titles so as to not to detract from the more journal style entries I am doing this year. The weather we’ve experienced recently its impact on our itinerary and schedule cannot be ignored, though. After our fr…
Sitka to Juneau – July 29-August 9
Better late than never. First Internet since Juneau Our friends Sharon & Craig Rowley arrived from a sun-deprived Seattle to a rainy Sitka on Wednesday, July 27. After a brief orientation, we turned them loose to explore the sights around to…
Things that most big boys find interesting
On the return trip from the Smithsonian museum we couldn’t pass up a side trip to the NRA National Firearms Museum, which was located close to the highway. With about 15 galleries and over 2700 firearms the sight was a bit overwhelming for me. But fo…
