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Our Pacific Northwest trip log is organized in legs, to make it more manageable.  These roughly correspond to where we are able to update the web site.  However, legs 4 and 5 were both updated in Skidegate, at the end of our Haida Gwaii trip.

Leg 1:     Bellingham to Prince Rupert

Leg 2:    Prince Rupert to Sitka

Leg 3:    Sitka to Juneau

Leg 4:    Juneau to Skidegate

Leg 5:     Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Leg 6:     Haida Gwai to Sidney

You can now use our search facility to find stuff.   We've also included an Index of Topics, where we talk about things like bears, coffee, staying warm, etc.  Now there's a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page, answering questions asked by our readers...

As we reviewed the site prior to re-publishing, we realised that our attempt to communicate the sights, sounds, and our feelings about our trip probably don't come close to the actual experience.  This really is one of those places in which you have to be...  Adjectives start to become clichéd; glaciers, whales, eagles, otters, sea lions, the mist, the characters, all blur, and we (dare we say it?) become used to the spectacular, the stunning, the awesome ... 

Note: many of these pages have extracts from Maptech or NDI charts, using Nobeltec Visual Suite.  These charts are here for display only, and must not be reproduced or used for navigation.