Tag: Alaska

Whale Watching in Reverse

There’s a perpetual joke aboard Awesome that I have somehow been whale jinxed: whales seem to avoid me like the plague. I’ve come to accept this as one of my real-life super powers. Along with choosing the slowest line at the grocery store and causing all cross-town traffic lights to go red, I also have…

By Jamie June 12, 2018 1

Wrangell and the Mysterious Petroglyphs

We arrived in Wrangell on a delightfully sunny afternoon. As we entered the channel behind the breakwater to tie up in Heritage Harbor, a bit south of downtown Wrangell, a new blend of avian sentinels was immediately noticeable compared with the usual marine birds hanging around harbors closer to home: bald eagles and ravens perched…

By Jamie June 2, 2018 2