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 […]
Tuesdays are Cruisedays
What are you looking at, Trail Guy? There is a tiny little puff of water out there. It is a whale, but you probably need binoculars to see it. This deck was quaint. I had wanted to sit here to knit, but unfortunately, it was a smoking area. During the day time there were […]
A California Artist Goes Cruising
Remember I said it was probably time for a break? I made a paper cutting mistake while working on The Cabins of Wilsonia. I painted an entire painting of the Kaweah Post Office upside down. I wasn’t kidding. You thought I was just bravely soldiering on, pushing through the obstacles, keeping my nose to the grindstone, and […]