Wallhangers & Lawn Art
No cruise is complete without a thorough exploration of the local pubs, restaurants, and neighborhoods (usually in that order). It’s not just beer, food, and exercise that I’m after when I’m poking about town. I enjoy looking at the art and artifacts that the locals put on display. What you find hanging from the walls…
Sail Like a Girl…
While this phrase inspires Girl Power on it’s own, in this case I’m referring to the all-girl winning crew of the 2018 Race to Alaska (R2AK). The spirit of these courageous and tenacious ladies was an inspirational force aboard Awesome and will surely endure in the mind of our little 5 year old. She followed their…
Signs of Alaska
I grew up in a sign-painting family and worked in the industry for a number of my early years. Back then, the zoning boards and code enforcers did everything they could to tamp down signage in the visible landscape. Urban planners said signs were, “just a means of indexing the environment.” Well such ‘planning’ was…
Ketchikan: Where Cruise Ships and Fishing Fleets Collide
Late May in Ketchikan is soggy and green yet umbrellas are sorely out of place. Locals get about their business in practical rubber boots and thick fleece jackets while somehow immune to the persistent rainfall. The town has exploded in growth to support the booming cruise ship industry and a sea of tourists ebbs and…