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Flotilla to Alaska | Update from Sitka

Well, the last thirty days have flown by. We could not have asked for a better group of competent, fun, interesting participants. We made some incredible new friends on this adventure, and we’re thankful to have had no mechanical issues at all. We arrived in Sitka on June 19th and have spent the past couple days sightseeing, doing chores, and eating out. This group still wants to keep hanging out together, after 30 days of togetherness. How great is that??

Tomorrow we’ll leave Sitka and all boats (minus Sam on Safe Harbour, who has a flight to catch out of Juneau in a few days) will continue on together back out Peril Strait to Appleton Cove. From there two boats will head south and two will continue on with us as we head north up toward Hoonah and Icy Strait, and then around to Juneau eventually.

If you haven’t been following but want to catch up on the flotilla’s daily posts, head over to Slowboat and see what we’ve been up to.

In the meantime, here are a few visual highlights since we last posted from Ketchikan:

Petersburg
LeConte Glacier
LeConte Glacier
LeConte Glacier
LeConte Glacier
LeConte Glacier
Le Conte Glacier seals
Le Conte Glacier
Kayaking at LeConte Glacier
Kayaking at LeConte Glacier (bottom of the photo)
The glacier ice cocktail bar, after a day at Le Conte Glacier
Heading up Chatham Strait
So many humpbacks in Frederick Sound
…including this one we had to stop for! Whoa!
Anchored in Cannery Cove, Pybus Bay – on Admiralty Island
Pybus Bay/Cannery Cove anchorage
Mama brown bear on the hillside while cubs play in the snow near the waterfall (Pybus Bay)
Brown bear on shore, Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Island
Brown bear on shore, Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Island
Kevin fishing for trout, just above the falls at Warm Springs Bay, Baranof Island
Warm Springs Bay, Baranof Island
Rafted two deep at Warm Springs Bay, Baranof Island
Warm Springs Bay dock and falls
Takatz Bay anchorage
Takatz Bay anchorage (we love this place!)
Takatz Bay, Baranof Island
Takatz Bay, Baranof Island
Coming through Peril Strait
Deep Bay anchorage
The Safe Harbour/Airship raft, Deep Bay
Sunset at Deep Bay
The flotilla coming through Sergius Narrows on our way to Sitka
Eliason Harbor, Sitka
Thompson Harbor, Sitka
Walking home from dinner, Sitka
Sitka sun (for another minute)
Wires, with a raven on top

Here’s how far we’ve come:
Roche Harbor, WA to Sitka Alaska, flotilla total: 30 days, 1,061.6 nautical miles, 145 hours 37 minutes underway