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Category Archives: Alaska
Above It All – Ketchikan – [08/16/2012]
On the days when it gets to be just too much, you find yourself just desperately needing to get off the ship and do something, anything, that’s different from your routine. In my case, I just decided to fly. With, … Continue reading
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At World’s End – Glacier Bay – [08/15/2012]
There comes a point in every contract when you realize you are simply finished, and it doesn’t matter what you do, how many adventures you go on, how many amazing things you see for the rest of your time out, … Continue reading
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On The Same Bright Star – At Sea – [08/12/2012]
It’s a beautiful night Mr. Strauss even though there’s no moon, look at all the stars can you find the big dipper? It would be easy to think that the stars you see from sea are different from the ones … Continue reading
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Off again – Vancouver – [08/11/2012]
Vancouver may not be home, but it always feel good to be back in Canadian waters. It’s strange, I just don’t seem to think in terms of land anymore. My feet can be on solid ground, but the rest of … Continue reading
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It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – At Sea – [08/10/2012]
There are moments when I look around at my surroundings and think ‘I have…such a cool job’. Sometimes those moments are few and far between, but standing in a packed entertainment office, with everyone laughing and throwing balloons around and … Continue reading
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Enshrouded – Glacier Bay – [08/08/2012]
Since we’re nearing the end of the season the weather has for the most part started to turn on us. We always joke that Alaska gets 363 days of rain a year, I don’t know the exact statistics but perhaps … Continue reading
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A Day For Picking Daisies – Ketchikan – [0726/2012]
Blue skies, sunshine People smiling everywhere that you go What a day for picking daisies And lots of red balloons… At long last (and honestly it feels like forever) my health seems to have balanced out and returned to normal. … Continue reading
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Outside Looking In – At Sea – [07/25/2012]
It’s a pity and a sin She doesn’t quite fit in Oh she really is a funny girl… They talk about the sensation of being alone in a crowd. Never has that been more true than when you’re on a … Continue reading
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Shape-shifting – Juneau – [07/23/2012]
For once a selkie finds her skin, neither bonds of steel nor bonds of love can keep her from the sea Or And the sailors say “Brandy, you’re a fine girl, what a good wife you would be, but my … Continue reading
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Enforced Silence – Vancouver – [07/21/2012]
It’s true that the long hours out here sometimes get ot you unexpectedly but when you go from your normal energetic relatively-perky self to basically a sloth in less than 72 hours? You start to be pretty certain that there’s … Continue reading
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