Leaving Sitka on March 25; note the purse seiners anchored waiting for the herring season to open, which it never did!
Eliason Harbor where we overwintered in Sitka
Let the 2019 Cruising season begin!!!
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Trolling with a downrigger for salmon in Salisbury Sound
Beautiful day/sunshine in the Sound
Our first anchorage in Sukoi Inlet
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Next anchorage was St John the Baptist; caught 9 Dungeness crab here!!!
The trees just about to bud out!!
Salisbury Sound
Views from Kalinin Bay anhcorage
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Outside in the Pacific ocean, west side of Chichagof Island
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Waters did calm but started a bit rough; note the Fairweather coastal mountains ahead!!
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Lisianski Inlet
Cute otter with a pup on belly!!
Views from our anchorage in Skag Bay, Lisianski Inlet
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Drop Dead Gorgeous (DDG); one of our favorite anchorages!!
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Only 3 Spotted Prawns........ugh!!! And much smaller than in 2006??!!
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Lots of Harbor seals!!
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Arriving at the town of Pelican!!
Small fishing town of Pelican
The Cafe we had 2 excellent meals and met Victo and Karen
The infamous Rosie bar, now closed
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There are actually no Pelicans in the town of Pelican:)))
Mystic moored at harbor in Pelican
The boardwalk in Pelican is how people move around the town!!
Mystic moored with the 2 fish process plants in the background
Leaving Pelican for the head of Lisianski Inlet
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Seaplane landing in Pelican as we were leaving
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Views from our anchorage in Soloma flats at the head of Lisianski Inlet
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Lots of curious otters
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Think this is a seal!!
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Many waterfalls!
That is the infamous Cape Spencer at the northwest point of Cross Sound; note the weather has turned to typical Alaska!!
First glimpse of the Brady Glacier in Cross Sound
The cute town of Elfin Cove; but only 4-5 people overwinter
The town is mainly for tourists/lodges in the summer months!!
Hmmm.......really, about a 60* ascent???
We met Dave on his Diesel Duck trawler; he arrived a few days before us and will be working in Elfin Cove for the season
Mystic tied up on the public dock!!
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Our view out the pilot house
View of the Brady Glacier off our stern!
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Great Blue Heron......wow!!!
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Leaving Elfin Cove for Dundas Inlet; just west of Glacier Bay
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Another view of Cape Spencer.....better weather today
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Entering Dundas Inlet
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Views from our anchorage in Dundas inlet
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We saw our first Brown (Grizzly) bear of the season....big, healthy male!!
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The 2nd day was cloudy, cold and rainy!!!
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Leaving Dundas Inlet for Glacier Bay
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