The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is setting up new protocols during the pandemic. When traveling on the mainline ferries Kennicott, Matanuska and Tustamena, all passengers (older than two ... [Continue Reading]
Alaska Ferry
Cruise to Alaska Like a Local – On the Ferry
Calling all adventurers seeking to see the real Alaska: The best highway is on the water! In fact, the only highway to most of lower Alaska’s villages is by sea. Each Friday, the Alaska ... [Continue Reading]
Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure
The sky: a promising cerulean blue. Bellingham Bay: calm. The passengers: swarming the decks of the M/V Columbia, thrilling to that landlubber’s hey-we’re-on-a-boat! novelty — the kind ... [Continue Reading]
Ferry to the last frontier
Imagine taking a nearly 3,000-mile RV trip yet driving only 800 miles. Picture a journey that allows you to see regions otherwise inaccessible to RVs. Now envision a tour filled with breathtaking ... [Continue Reading]
6 reasons why Bellingham area is worth exploring
The campground was fantastic. So was the luxury hotel. Sometimes a city like Bellingham, one of Washington’s very best locations for outdoors recreation, is best explored two ways: from roughing it on ... [Continue Reading]
StrEAT Food great for breakfast and lunch at Bellingham Cruise Terminal
I hadn't planned to eat on my visit to the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, but when I saw the new food booth I realized I was hungry. So, I ordered at the counter and sat down. A delicious aroma was the ... [Continue Reading]