Sleeping on my tent in the ferry in Alaska

Harvesting spruce resin is an enjoyable past time in Alaska

Ketchikan was experiencing light rain, the captain cheerfully announced. As I left the ferry, it became apparent that The good folks of Ketchikan needed help understanding the definition of rain here. It was clear my newly dried belongings were about to get rewashed....

Tofino dream-like, bathed in a golden light, tall furs stood proud against the pastel blue waters of the calm Clayoquet Sound. I had come so far in my ambition of seeing Alaska, and now it beckoned two days’ journey away.