NORTH TO SE ALASKA THE INSIDE PASSAGE

SOME OF THE MAGIC CAMPSITES WE HAVE HAD

MUSKEG LANDSCAPE WETLAND DOMINATED BY SPAGNUM DWARFED TREES AND WATERWAYS LIKE THIS

TLINGIT INDIAN TOTEMS DOMINATE TOWNS AND VILLAGES THIS A CLAN HOUSE IN WRANGELL

NATURAL TOTEM!

ALL STUFF IS BARGED IN AND OUT

THE ROADS ARE SO BAD IT PAYS TO CARRY YOUR OWN SPARES!

PUBLIC PARKWAY TRANSPORT IS BOAT OR PLANE

FISH AND CHIP RETAURANTS EVERYWHERE

DOLLY AN INFAMOUS MADAM OF KETCHIKAN'S BOUDOIR

THIS USED TO BE THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT IN KETCHIKAN

JUST A DOWNTOWN LOCAL HOUSE

DO NOT ENTER UNLESS DEAD-A NEW USE FOR CHURCH MORE TAKERS!!

TLINGKIT CHIEF-I SNUCK IN ON A CRUISESHIP PARTY TOUR

KETCHIKAN AGAIN BROTHELS NOW SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS

NEXT DOWNTOWN KETCHKAN

I HAD TO GET UP FOR COMFORT 3.00AM

HAVE GORGED ON WILD BLUEBERRIES AND SALMONBERRIES GROWING ON ROADSIDES AND FOREST LOW CANOPY

FIRST AIRING OF CANOPY ON A 30C DAY IN A SITKA FOREST

KEEP MEETING UP

AS CLOSE AS I DEARED TO GET TO MAMA BEAR AND HER TWO CUBS WE WERE CAMPED 200M AWAY

MUSKEG THE DWARF TREES CAN BE UPTO 300 YRS OLD BUT MAY OMLY REACH 2-3M WET AND ACIDIC

30 C DAHARVESTING ICE FROM A MINI GLACIER TO KEEP BEERS COLD IN EXTREME CONDITIONS

TLINGKIT SUNGLASSES WOODEN WITH SLITS

ONE H-NIGHT ON A FERRY SUNSET AND THEN THE MOON ROSE

OLD GLORY

LOOK CLOSELY IN CENTRE TWO BALD EAGLE CHICKS ON PLATFORM NEST

LUXURY

FASCINATING DECREPID CANNERIES ANE WHARVES ABOUND THIS -AT KAKE

TRIALLS WITH LAKES USUALLY HAVE A ROW BOAT FOR PUBLIC USE

TYPICAL LAKE STOCKED WITH UPTO THREE TYPES OF TROUT

MUSKEG BOARDWALKS MILES OF PLANKED TRAILS

SALMON FISHING-IT WAS ORGANISED MAYHEM KING SALMON RUN ALL WERE CATCHING FISH OR SNAGGING EACH OTHER

PETERSBURG 4 JULY PARADE

DAVE THE FISHER







































VERY COMMON SIGHT AROUND PETERSBURG NETTING FENCES AROUND GARDENS

GIVING THE HERBS SOME SUN

NEXT ARE TIDEWATER LE CONTE GLACIER NR PETERSBURG HEAVY CALVING OF ICE I GOT A BIT CARRIED AWAY

HARBIUR SEALS -BALD EAGLES HAVE A FIELD DAY ON THE AFTERBIRTH

THIS IS A SLOUGH (SLEW) TIDAL CREEK

PETERSBURG-ONE OF ITS THREE HARBOURS!!

HUGE TIDAL RISE AND FALL THROUGHOUT SE

NORWEGIAN HOUSE WITH ROSEMALING DECORATION ON WALLS

FERRIES ALLOW CAMPING!!