The Alaska Marine Highway - Alaska by car and ferry.

The Alaska Marine Highway - Alaska by car and ferry.

Monday, 10 August 2015 | Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip, Alaska Marine Highway

They do things differently in Alaska. Look at the photo again. Yes -  those tents really are set up on the back deck of a ship. This is camp...

The Alaska Marine Highway - a close call with catastrophe.

The Alaska Marine Highway - a close call with catastrophe.

Sunday, 9 August 2015 | Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip, Alaska Marine Highway, Washington State

The MV Columbia I am back-tracking a little with this post. I last wrote about our introduction to travelling on the Alaska Marine Highway. ...

The Alaska Marine Highway - Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and the Wrangell Narrows.

The Alaska Marine Highway - Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and the Wrangell Narrows.

Saturday, 8 August 2015 | Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip, Alaska Marine Highway

Thirty-seven hours from Bellingham we make our first stop at Ketchikan. We have been in Alaskan waters for about two hours. They are no diff...

The Mt Roberts Goldbelt Tramway in Juneau, Alaska

The Mt Roberts Goldbelt Tramway in Juneau, Alaska

Friday, 7 August 2015 | Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip

'On a clear day you can see forever'- perhaps not forever but from the top of the  Goldbelt Mt Roberts Tramway  in Juneau, Alaska it...

Juneau, Alaska - The Mendenhall Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and the Shrine of St Therese

Juneau, Alaska - The Mendenhall Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and the Shrine of St Therese

Thursday, 6 August 2015 | Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip, Alaska Marine Highway

Juneau, Alaska is the only mainland U.S capital which is not accessible by road.  While there has been much talk over the years of connectin...

The Alaska Marine Highway - Juneau to Sitka by car ferry.

The Alaska Marine Highway - Juneau to Sitka by car ferry.

| Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip, Alaska Marine Highway

It is 5 a.m. The car ferry from Juneau to Sitka departs at 6.30 a.m. Our tickets say we should arrive two hours before the departure time. ...

Sitka, Alaska: Totem Poles, Eagles and Russians

Sitka, Alaska: Totem Poles, Eagles and Russians

Wednesday, 5 August 2015 | Alaska, Alaska & Canada Road Trip, Alaska Marine Highway

The Russian Legacy In 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in one of the best (or worst) land deals history has ever recorded...