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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: Allen Marine

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Rotary Scenery

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Rich McClear

Saturday Sitka’s Rotary sponsored a wildlife cruise.  On the preceding blog post you can read my comments on the day and the viewing.  This page is all about scenery, including a picture on one of the fresh landslides we saw … Continue reading Rotary Scenery

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Rotary Wildlife

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Rich McClear

Rotary lucked out.  Planning a fundraising cruise in October is an iffy thing when you consider the weather.  Rotary’s cruise on Saturday had interesting weather in that it was sunny with fog beginning to settle in.  You looked one way … Continue reading Rotary Wildlife

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Whales, Whales, Whales!

November 10, 2017 Rich McClear

This weekend we were out on the water with the Sitka Whalefest.   When we got off the Allen Marine boat on Saturday we wondered if it could get any better, with lunge feeding, bubble nets, a breach and whale bows … Continue reading Whales, Whales, Whales!

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Monday Evening Cruise

July 25, 2017 Rich McClear

Monday was a nice nice for a cruise as a weather front moved in.  We went out with the Sitka Conservation Society for their salmon cruise.  We went to Redoubt Falls to watch the salmon jump the falls into the … Continue reading Monday Evening Cruise

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Stepping into a Salad, Low tide at Point Brown.

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 Rich McClear

It was like stepping off the boat into a salad.  That’s what it was like at Point Brown when Allen Marine dropped a group from the Sitka Conservation Society on the east side of Kruzof Island. Sunday morning saw the … Continue reading Stepping into a Salad, Low tide at Point Brown.

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A Day in June, Sitka, Alaska

June 18, 2017 Rich McClear

Sitka has no highway connection anywhere.  We have a 14 mile road system on an island the size of Delaware.  We are not on the inside passage so a lot of ferries do not stop.  When a ferry does stop … Continue reading A Day in June, Sitka, Alaska

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Chichagof Dream

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 Rich McClear

Friday night SAFV (Sitkans Against Family Violence) held a fundraiser dinner cruise aboard one of Allen Marine’s (Alaska Dream Cruises) pocket cruise ships, Chichagof Dream. I had wanted to get aboard for some time to see how they refitted her. … Continue reading Chichagof Dream

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