Alaska TravelGram

Summer’s here. What are you waiting for? It’s time to get on board Alaska’s Marine Highway. You know–the Ferry. The Blue Canoe. Many of us here in Alaska know the ferry sails year-round in Southeast Alaska: it’s how things get done in our island communities. But our ferry system also does year-round duties in Southcentral [...]

  Above, the captain of the Fairweather puts the pedal to the metal headed south from Haines to Juneau. Between Nov. 1, 2011 and Mar. 31, 2012, you can trim 30 percent off of your fare. The special discount applies to “Mirror Image” roundtrips. For example, Haines-Juneau-Haines or Homer-Kodiak-Homer. To the right, Kodiak photographer/innkeeper/naturalist/captain Marion [...]

Don’t miss the chance to sail from Homer over to Seldovia. You can get there in as little as 45 minutes aboard the new Seldovia Bay Ferry. Special thanks to the folks at the Seldovia Chamber of Commerce and the Seldovia Bay Ferry for making this a memorable trip. Watch the video–then sail for yourself!

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Woo-boy. Great show. In the studio, co-host Erin Kirkland hosts an entire GAGGLE of family travel evangelistas, including Lia Keller from “AK Skedaddle”  (TaigaTrekkers was there too!). It’s all about getting the whole family outside to enjoy Alaska at its soggiest….er….finest. Ya!  I called in from Seldovia. My guest, Peggy Keesecker, shared a little bit [...]

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What a great time “AKFam” is having on their two-week ferry excursion through Southeast Alaska. Floating their way through some of Alaska’s finest country!  Above, the “Trusty Tusty” sails into Kodiak. We’ve got some great fares to talk about, with no tax (because of the “Gridlock Gloriousky” in Congress). Listen up for the deals. Listen [...]

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HA! Both Erin and I were on the road, so Ethan Tyler was our guest-host.  Think “Whittier and Prince William Sound”. In the studio: Kelly Bender of Lazy Otter Charters in Whittier. Her motto: “Anything but fishing!” That includes sightseeing and water taxi. But I love the amphibious landing craft (pictured above): perfect for that [...]

Everybody loves Homer. But the next time you’re down at the “End of the Road” , go ahead an make the leap over to Seldovia, across Kachemak Bay.  Ride the Seldovia Bay Ferry’s “Kachemak Voyager” from Homer’s harbor across Kachemak Bay to the scenic town of Seldovia. The “Kachemak Voyager” is a state-of-the-art 83-foot high-speed [...]

Although I’ve traveled extensively on Alaska’s Marine Highway (the ferry), there are several trips on my “bucket list”. Above, the “Trusty Tusty” (m/v Tustumena) sails into Kodiak. Taken from the deck on Marty + Marion Owen’s B-n-B, the “Cliff House”.   I talked with the ferry people last week to get some talking points on [...]

Whoa. What a long, strange trip it’s been. Anchorage Rep. Sharon Cissna harnessed an intermodal posse of resources to work around the TSA in Seattle. This, after she was turned away for refusing to be “felt up” by agents at SEA-TAC. (Click here for a little more background from an article I did for the [...]