One of the most fascinating communities in Alaska is Yakutat, at the very top of the Southeast Alaska panhandle. It is a small village of about 650 people and is technically speaking actually a Borough (the Alaskan equivalent of a county). It is both one of the largest county or county equivalents by area and …
Are you planning a trip to Juneau to see the Mendenhall Glacier? Great! It’s beautiful and I’m sure you’ll have a great time. Once your cruise ship arrives in port, you’ll have to decide how you’re going to get there. It’s 12.5 miles from the cruise ship docks, so you won’t have time to walk. …
If you’re heading on an Alaskan cruise from Seattle then Ketchikan could very well be your first chance to get off the ship and stretch your legs. So, of course, you’ll want to make the most of it! But what should you do? For being such a small town Ketchikan is packed full of things …
Last week, I received a phone call from an uncle that I haven’t seen in many years. He told me that he was looking at tickets for this summer to put his car on the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry in Bellingham and come to Alaska. He wanted to spend a few days in Juneau to …
I recently took a trip to Ketchikan to see an old friend of mine and, as I was on the ferry from the airport to the mainland, I overheard some of my fellow visitors discussing a part of town called Creek Street. I’d been to Ketchikan a few times before this but it was always …
This past summer, I made my first trip over to Wrangell since I was about 12. Nothing against the town, I just never really had a reason to go. I went with a group of friends from Juneau on the Alaska Marine Highway boat and, as it happens, they didn’t know what to do in …
A couple of weeks ago, I took a trip to Sitka to visit a friend of mine for his birthday and to help him get ready to move. As we drove down Lincoln Street, I pointed at one of the buildings and said, “What’s that?” He looks at me and says, “Bro, you don’t know …
Last week, I was walking down the streets of downtown Juneau and I stopped in front of one of the bars to check a text message on my phone. As soon as I put the phone back in my pocket, I heard one of the phrases I hear most often downtown, “Hey man, do you …
I recently took a day trip with some friends up to Skagway and, on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry ride up from Juneau, we discussed what we wanted to do while we were in town. The one thing everyone agreed that we wanted to do was to check out the famous Gold Rush Cemetery that …
My aunt and uncle told us that they were coming up to Alaska for Christmas and they were going to make a stop in Juneau. I haven’t seen them in years, so we were naturally very excited to see them and drive them around town. We asked them what they wanted to see and they …