2 days ago by scott

It’s November–and Alaska’s Marine Highway has dropped its prices by 30 percent for “mirror image roundtrip itineraries”. If you have not yet sailed on the ferry, stop what you’re doing and make plans to do so right now! Click here to see a map. Here in south-central Alaska, you can sail from Whittie ...

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44 days ago by corinne

Canadian lighthouse we pass on our way to Alaska. After having lived in Alaska for eight years, I’ve run into so many people who have taken Alaskan cruises. It’s the thing to do. Um, not for me. We’ve taken the Alaska ferry system (Alaska Marine Highway) numerous times and it never ceases to be less ...

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44 days ago by corinne

Canadian lighthouse we pass on our way to Alaska. After having lived in Alaska for eight years, I’ve run into so many people who have taken Alaskan cruises. It’s the thing to do. Um, not for me. We’ve taken the Alaska ferry system (Alaska Marine Highway) numerous times and it never ceases to be less ...

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48 days ago by hortihoney

In no particular order: 1.) I’ve learned that the past decade plus of being mostly alone has not prepared me well for a cross-country trip with my parents. 2.) Canada is big. I mean, really big. Folks from the US have no appreciation of just how big our neighbor to the North (or the West depending o ...

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53 days ago by hortihoney

So, to start off, it has been a little longer than I thought since I last posted. Sorry about that. We have stayed in a few places that claimed to have internet but didn’t really, a few that didn’t claim it and a few that were so far away from anything we were happy that they even had electricity. Y ...

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65 days ago by NookNan

Alaska, with its immense tracts of pristine wilderness, is quite possibly the most beautiful state in the USA. The name itself is based on the Eskimo word meaning “great lands,” which only begins to describe its near limitless coasts, countless inland waterways and great snow-capped mountain ranges. ...

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105 days ago by Pat Watt

There have been two articles in the “My Turn” section of the Juneau Empire this week: Yesterday “ What Kind of Ferry System Do You Want?” by Bob Doll, and this morning “S outheast Residents Need to Take Action to Protect our Ferry System” by Dixie Hood. So, if you care about our ferry system, it’s t ...

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163 days ago by scott

OK. Technically, it’s the Alaska Marine Highway. I call it “the ferry” though. Other friends of mine who live along the ferry route call it “The Blue Canoe”. My friend Marion Owen at Galley Gourmet in Kodiak took this picture of the m/v Tustumena sailing by her home last April. Here’s a round-up of ...

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164 days ago by Twelve Mile Circle

This old entry is being moved here from an earlier website. New content will return in a few days. Juneau is located in Alaska’s southeastern panhandle and serves as the state capital. No roads connect Juneau to the outside world even though it’s clearly part of mainland North America. Access is by ...

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172 days ago by scott

Actually it’s called “Alaska’s Marine Highway”. And it really is a road between many of our far-flung communities. My friend Marion Owen at Galley Gourmet in Kodiak took this picture of the m/v Tustumena sailing by her home last April. Here’s a round-up of several specials now available on Alaska’s ...

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