July 2, 2011After getting up early to go to the post office, in the rain, Patrick arrived to find that it would not be open until Tuesday, July 5, even though the posted hours were 10:00 AM to 12:00 on Saturday. A USPS employee was there but declined …
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Fishing Time Pictures 1
Mount Edgecumbe on a rare clear dayOur anchorage in Kalinin BayA pod of orca interrupted our fishingBut the orca are spectacular!Retrieving the crab pots in Saook BayEagles feeding on the beach in Ell CoveOne of the purse seiners joining us in Ell Cov…
Fishing
June 21, 2011We left Sitka at 0930 and decided to go up the outside of Kruzof Island, so we headed directly out Sitka Sound and joined the many charter boats fishing about 3 miles west of Cape Edgecumbe. By 3 PM we had lost 4 Coho salmon, but kept 3 …
Sitka Interlude
June 16, 2011After arriving in Sitka, we spent two days re-provisioning and cleaning and then went to Kalinin Bay on Kruzof Island to check out the fishing. Miriam and I took Spirit out into the ocean outside of Salisbury Sound and managed to catch on…
Around Baranof Island Pictures
How to ruin your whole dayIsland in Cameron Pass, west coast BaranofRock formations in Biorka SoundEntrance to Dorothy NarrowsAnother view of the grounded fishing boat.Entering the North Pacific via Cameron PassThe rock formations here are devoid of v…
Around Baranof Island in Five Days
June 10, 2011Under partly sunny skies we cast off the mooring lines at 0810 AM and headed out the north breakwater entrance to exit Sitka via the Western Channel. As we headed out into Sitka Sound, the northwest swell increased to 3-4 feet, but with n…
Sitka Interlude
We have spent the last six days relaxing and completing maintenance on Spirit after the first 1200 miles. It was time for an oil change on the generator, cleaning of the watermaker prefilters, cleaning the fresh water system filters, cleaning sea stra…
More Photos between Swanson Harbor and Sitka
Sea Jay in front of Kasnyku Falls, this gives a good idea of the size of the falls Eagle feeding on the beach Another whale tail in Icy Strait Some of the mountains in Glacier Bay from Swanson Harbor Camping on the dock in Swanson Harbor Strolling dow…
Tenakee Springs to Sitka
May 31, 2011The skies remained clear overnight and the wind died down to calm as we prepared to depart Tenakee Springs. We walked up into the center of town, expecting the store to be open at 1000 AM, but no luck, it would not open until 1215 PM and w…
Juneau to Sitka Part 1
May 25, 2011Today we played tourist and took the rental car with Jim & Cheryl to see the sights of Juneau. The weather promised to be sunny and warm. We started with the enormous Fred Meyer, which is reputed to be ΒΌ mile long, and seems like it wh…
