Sitka to Juneau

Packing a couple of weeks food the morning we left Sitka.

We had a great sail north from Sitka as the rain became heavier. Sheltering in bushes at lunchtime at the mouth of Neva Strait.

It was still pouring with rain at the end of day so this Forestry Service Emergency Shelter was a wonderful find. 

Someone had fixed a big tarp across the open wall making it very cosy inside. 

It didn't take long to get the billy on and make ourselves at home. Thanks to Louisa for crocheting the warmest hats in the world. 

We had the stove glowing red in no time at all. 

The next day along the Khaz Peninsular was the wildest of the whole trip, the swell and wind were up and provided a bit of excitement getting in behind Klokachef Island for some shelter.

In the shelter of Klokachef Island we met the first kayakers of the trip. The fella in the green jacket who came down to meet us when we landed was from Darwin. They were paddling from Sitka to Juneau too but having a day off due to the weather. 

Humpback whale a boat length ahead of us. 

Every day we saw dozens and dozens of sea otters. They were very wary though so it was hard to get close enough to get a decent picture. 

White Sulphur Hot Springs. Lynne in the tub rinsing all her kayaking gear.

Fantastic newly built cabin for the hot springs.

An outside hot pool too. 

Lisianski Strait. Repairing our mast steps in the hot sun. The resin was going off too quickly.



Wet mornings we got up and put our drysuits on straight away, dry, warm and cosy for breakfast.

Cross Sound the next day, it was hard to believe we had been baking in the sun the day before. 

A quick cuppa having stopped to put on another layer of thermals under my drysuit. It was a cold wet day, all day. 

Icy Strait campsite near Point Adolphus. We sat under the tarp through the evening as whales, dolphins, otters and seals paraded past only a few hundred meters offshore. 

The evening light looking across Icy Strait towards Glacier Bay.

Stellar Sea Lions hanging out in Saginaw Channel near Point Retreat on the day we reached Auke Bay, Juneau.

Another wet lunch stop, it wasn't all blue skies and sun.

Paddling into the Auke Bay ferry terminal for our ferry to Homer.