August 6, 2013 Tuesday Day 30 We made ourselves get up at 4:30am, yawn. It was beginning to get light and we wanted to watch the ferry navigate through the narrow Peril Strait as we approached Sitka. Pretty spectacular to watch. We walked a few brisk laps around the ship's deck, while watching the beautiful morning light change colors as the sun rose behind snow-capped mountains. Glorious way to start the day. Arrived in Sitka at 6:45am, set up camp at Sportsm...

August 5, 2013 Monday Day 29 We ran to town for coffee, tea and pastry at Java Hus, picked up a cool shirt for Michael, then back to camp to hook up the camper and check out of Frogs RV Park. We parked at South Harbor and walked the docks looking at boats and their names. Some boat names are so clever, it's fun to check them out. There are so many boats here. Also watched a couple of harbor seals swimming in the harbor. Nice morning, our last in Petersburg, whi...

August 4, 2013 Sunday Day 28 This morning at our campsite, we talked with friends Marie and Ed from Corte Madera, CA. They gave us some tips about places they have been and we are heading off to. It is so great to exchange information with the nice people we meet; we often learn more from them than the Internet. Took a nice drive through the Tongass National Forest, windows down, enjoying the freshness of the air. Along the way, we parked the car to listen to ...

August 3, 2013 Saturday Day 27 After the past 2 days going on the bear tour, the ferry ride and the whale tour, we badly needed to take a breather, so today we did just that. We slept in and and took it easy for a bit in the morning. Michael made himself a nice cup of coffee, sat down to enjoy it, then suddenly jumped up to spit out the first sip. "Blech, this coffee is terrible" he said. What could it be? He smelled the coffee grounds and they were fine, next...

August 2, 2013 Friday Day 26 We arrived in Petersburg at 10:30pm (on Thursday, August 1) and we were warmly greeted by our campground hosts at Frogs RV. We were so fortunate to get their last spot at Frogs. We had previously booked at another place but it was several miles from town and they weren't going to be up to check us in when we arrived around 11pm - even though they didn't tell us that when we booked there several months ago. Hmmm . . . Some friends w...