We're getting ready to hit the road tomorrow, I hope, for a private tour of Alaska - by private I mean I booked it all on my little computer, no cruise line, no travel agent, no prepackaged list of sights. If all goes well we'll drive to Seattle, shuttle bus to Bellingham, take the Alaska Marine Highway ferry to Juneau (sleeping in our chairs, since no berths were available), then spend several days there mostly attending Celebration 2008, a festival of the Northwestern Indian Tribes which happens every 2 years, then off to Glacier bay by ferry for a several day stay at the Lodge, a tour of the glaciers, a whale watching dinner - you know, the usual stuff. Then, alas, we fly back to Seattle, and drive home. Why not fly from Arcata? The schedules are too weird and if you miss a connection there is a cascade of missed connections.

Here's a couple of shots. This one from Eureka last week, which I took while walking from the Townhouse to the Ritz



This one is a sign on the Alderpoint road. It was very foggy the day I took it.



News from the Alaska trip as I have the opportunity to post it.