We are long over due for an update here so we figured what better time to update than a few hours before we get on a boat to go back up to Alaska! We have been thinking and planning for our return since we left in 2018, which was supposed to happen in 2021 but like everyone else, we had to adjust our plans. Since our last update we bought and built out a schoolbus, bought and sold a boat, and we’ve continued to travel and return to Michigan for the past few summers. We’ve enjoyed living with a loose schedule and love it that we can change up a plan when needed.
Thankfully our plan to head back to Alaska is finally coming together. We will get on the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry in Bellingham, Washington today at 3 pm. The ferry should leave port at 6pm and we’ll be sailing for 36 hours to Ketchican. We did purchase a cabin so we could get a couple hours of sleep but we plan on staying up and seeing as much as we can!
Our plan is to spend a week in Ketchikan, Juneau & Skagway. We will ultimately end up in Haines where we can drive into Canada to get to mainland Alaska. The ferry trip will take us through the end of May. We plan on spending all of June and July in Alaska and are really excited to get back to some places we want to explore more and find new places we couldn’t go to in 2018. We are also very excited to meet up with friends that we haven’t seen since then.
We are also planning a return trip to Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories in August. We were there within the first 6 months of the road opening from Inuvik to Tuk and the small village was not really prepared for tourists. We are hoping their little town is thriving because of new visitors.
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Off to Alaska…