AFTER we finished working on the design of The Cabins of Wilsonia, Carol and I went on an adventure. Riding a ferry is always an adventure to me, but we spiced it up a bit to see if we could rely solely on public transportation. First we drove to the Mukilteo ferry. I love that ferry. […]
A California Artist Visits the Pacific Northwest
I went to the Seattle area so my friend Carol could help me finalize the design on the upcoming book, The Cabins of Wilsonia. She taught me how to use Adobe Indesign almost 2 years ago and has an excellent eye for design. I get caught up in “oh, I love that cabin” and “those people […]
Final Tahoe Posting
I know, it is Friday and I’m still talking about Tahoe. It was beautiful and this post is for your enjoyment, not because I have a compulsion to finish topics, although that may be a factor here. This post will be long so that I can finish (not that I have a finishing compulsion or […]
More Tahoe
If you came here on Friday for Mineral King, I’m sorry. I temporarily ran out of things to show and tell on the subject. I hope you aren’t too disappointed to find Lake Tahoe . . . same mountain range. . . does that count? We took a short hike, along with what felt like […]
Fridays are for Tahoe?
Is it possible that I have run out of things to write about Mineral King? It is true that my interaction with the place is lessened once the cabin is closed for the season. I might have shown you all the best photos already. Recycling photos is a little boring. . . a cop-out method […]
Final Tuesday Cruiseday
Yep, I think I’ve taken this as far as possible. There was one other port, a quick stop in Victoria, Canada, and then a few more days at sea. (Why don’t people say “at ocean”? It is more accurate.) The ship employs people to do stuff like this to keep passengers entertained. I am […]
Will Tuesday Cruisedays Ever End?
Yep. Next week. Promise! After Juneau, we went to a place called the Tracy Arm Fjord. It is a narrow canyon of water with the Sawyer Glay-see-uh at the end. The ship cruises slowly up the canyon at some crazy early hour in the morning, and if you have any sense, you’ll disregard the fact […]
Cruisedays, Tuesdays
This is Chapter Six of Fun Things I Will Never Do Again (Unless Someone Else Pays) or “My Alaskan Cruise”. Juneau might have been my favorite stop. This could be because we were there the longest of all the ports. After visiting the Mendenhall Glay-shee-uh, we went up Mt. Roberts. Mt. Roberts has a tram, […]
More Tuesday Cruiseday
Chapter Five of My Alaskan Cruise, or Cruising is a Fantasy Life, or Fun Things I Will Never Do Again (Unless Someone Else Pays) Our third and final day with feet on Alaskan soil was spent in Juneau, the capital of Alaska. It is disconnected from the rest of the state unless you fly or […]
Another Tuesday Cruiseday
This is Chapter Four. Thank you for returning. Today we will visit Icy Strait Point, a made up destination for cruise ships. In 1999, the Tlingit folks in the town of Hoonah on Chichagof Island decided to turn an old cannery into a tourist destination. They spent the next 5 years planning, buying property, spiffing […]