we boarded the ferry at Skagway almost two days ago and still have another 8 hours to go until Prince Rupert. we rest there for a day and take another 15 hour ferry to Vancouver Island. we are at a port break at Ketchikan, where we stopped 12 years ago and hiked up that hill in one of the photos to the little park at top of the hill. I was hoping to run into some of the kids we wanted to meet the pups 12 years ago at that park, but only knew one of them by name.
the ferry is the predictably worst part of the whole trip, as the other photos show. i have taken it back to BC or Washington state each time for several reasons....get us out of the cold fast, give the Defender a 1500-mile break, give me a break from driving, give the dogs somewhat of a break, although they have to stay in the Defender the whole time. it is not a pleasant trip at all. in fact, it is hell, and a reminder that the fun part of the trip is over. i will write more about this in my regular posting. but because of how the dogs have to travel, i do not get a state room but sleep in a chair on the bridge deck and visit or walk the dogs at every port. i do not eat in the cafe, but eat my camping food because i cannot feed the dogs much for obvious reasons that i will not describe. the other photos show how unpleasant life is for us.
in my regular posting that follows, i will describe what happened this morning. and here iI thought the adventure was over. Erde never ceases to amaze me with her talent. you will not believe it.
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