We awoke while still dark outside and drove to the dinky airport. On the positive, the flight wasn't delayed. On the negative, our plane was even smaller and more fragile looking…
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We started the day with yet *another* 4am wake-up call, and as we hurried to get ready and hike down to the dock, we were greeted with the eeriest horror movie-like…
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At the end of our trip in Alaska, I asked Sly what was his favorite place he visited/thing he saw. He said Bartlett Cove, and I agreed. This place was beyond…
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We woke up to the unrelenting rain and debated if we should stay another night in the cozy comfort of our cabin. We had heard that the campground we were planning…
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We booked a very rustic cabin at the Shrine of St. Therese - a cabin in the middle of nowhere with no plumbing and no electricity, just a potbellied stove and…
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It was a little disappointing that we didn't get to ride the ferry to Juneau. Instead, we got up at 4am and were shuttled half-awake back to the airport to catch…
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Sitka was really really small. As in we literally walked end-to-end and saw every single site, museum, and park in-between in the span of less than a day. If we had…
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Past totems and somber battlefield meadows, we meandered through the woods trying to determine the best route to the Alaska Raptor Center. For some reason, the map of Sitka seemed more…
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Eight million cups of coffee and a brief stop in Juneau later, we finally arrived in Sitka where we were greeted with more stuffed bears in glass cases, and a tiny…