Ready for a vacation!

Hi everyone! We're back! In less than 48hrs, we'll be off on our next big adventure - SE Alaska! Since many of the communities can only be reached by boat or float plane, we're trying something new and taking our first cruise! It's probably not the type of cruise that comes to mind immediately - the boat holds less than 50 people, our room is 100sqft including our private shoilet (or showlet depending on the source) and we fully expect to be less than half the average age of our fellow passengers. But with that, we hope to be able to get closer to the wildlife and scenery than the big boats can, take full advantage of the on board kayaks when we want to be even closer, and have an overall more intimate and authentic experience with the less touristed places we see along the way.

The attached map gives a preview of where we'll be. The green line is where we'll be self-traveling for the first few days - exploring Haines and Skagway and the adjacent regions of Canada. From there, it's a float plane to Sitka where we embark on our cruise following roughly the red line.

Since our boat unsurprisingly does not have wifi, and we expect to have very little service in general, I make no promises on post frequency. That coupled with the fact that I plan to take most of my photos with a real camera rather than my phone (already caused some serious delays in Japan for anyone following along on that one) could very well mean that this is the last post you'll see before we get home haha.Read more