by toby | Jun 28, 2015 | Life
Gusto in Gustavus, Alaska Day 11 After we get back from the long boat tour of Glacier National Park, we need to stretch our legs so we take a short hike through the forest. It’s a gorgeous trail, filled with the plants we are learning are what tame and build soil out...
by toby | Jun 27, 2015 | Life
Here are the photos from the plane ride I couldn't get to post yesterday! Glacier Bay National Park, day 10 of MikeandTobyTravels, is not much to look at, at least initially. There's a pebble-strewn shoreline in steady rain, lots and lots of pine trees, moss and tall...
by toby | Jun 26, 2015 | Life
Day 8 of MikeandTobyTravels brings us to Juneau–and beyond. Juneau is a clean and a lovely mix of green trees and steep, rugged mountains combined with modern, tasteful buildings and a shopping area near the cruise ship docks. It's so much like Lahaina's famous...
by toby | Jun 25, 2015 | Life, Uncategorized
The Twilight Zone- Day ? of #MikeandTobyTravels I didn't know the ferry would end up being something of a twilight zone on our travels. Ketchikan looks like a cute town, but its nine p.m. when we get off the ferry and as usual, the shipping area isn’t the greatest way...
by toby | Jun 23, 2015 | Life
Ferry from Prince Rupert to Juneau—Day 8 #MikeandTobyTravels After the long day taking pictures of eagles and bears, tired and sunburnt, Mike was getting ready for bed when he got a massage that the aurora borealis was possibly visible due to a large solar flare—but...