Adventures from Even Further Up North...

Our roving reporters, Janet and Dub, report in from their holiday in Alaska:


First report: "We were here two days ago -- up so close to the floating piece of ice off the glacier that we could practically touch it. Tonight we are at a B and B outside of Anchorage with all sorts of float planes at our front door. Who knows what we will do next? But we do know that we go to Homer day after tomorrow. Love to all, J" (and as a postscript:)
"And tomorrow I will tell you about the shipwreck." (She sure knows how to write a cliffhanger...)


Second report: "So, I must tell you all of an adventure. We were cruising on Sunday and the captain decided that we could see some bears who were fishing on a stream on shore. As she edged in, whoops, there was a rock outcrop and we ran aground. It reminded me of the time we grounded on the Loire -- sounded like a canoe stopping in gravel. The tide was going out so, even though a fisherman brought his boat over to help and try to tow us, we were going nowhere. When the tide came back in, we floated off. The event caused quite a bit of excitement as the Coast Guard sent a helicopter to check us out, we had several fishing boats standing by, and ultimately even a cruiser came along to escort us. The incident hit the Anchorage paper. The captain was chagrined -- to say the least -- and we missed seeing one glacier that we were supposed to see later in the day. It meant that we went right back to port and docked in the middle of the night rather than in the morning. I suspect that the captain will also be in a bit of trouble."


Third report: "We drove and drove down the Kenai to Homer today and on the way we saw a moose -- finally. They say that more moose live in Anchorage than in the rest of the state but we saw none there. Also saw lots of rain, many mountains, dead salmon, and other creatures."