A great trip!

I wrote the following to my son while on my return trip from Alaska 2010. Decided to make it part of my blog. The other day a friend said to me "I would love to go to Alaska but I do not want to do a cruise ship." Here's one way to see Glacier Bay.

Hi Jason,
Sitting here anchored off in a little cove, Reid’s Inlet within Glacier Bay National Park, I was reading the travel books and looking at the paper charts (the boater’s best friend) and thinking about you and how you would love seeing this area. So then I started to think as I read what would be the ideal trip to make and how you would do it.
Alaska Air flies into Gustavus, a small, rural, community serving as the gateway to Glacier Bay National Park. A visit could then include many choices of activities, among them a day cruise up the Glacier Bay from Bartlett Cove, a half-day of fishing and/or whale watching ( I would do the fishing and probably see the whales too while out fishing), kayaking, and hiking just to name a few. And through in wild berry picking to have with your morning cereal as you hike along the trails. You can camp or stay in the Glacier Bay Lodge or other Inn or Lodge options in Gustavus.
It would truly be a jam packed vacation to a destination unmatched in scenery and wildlife.

Seattle Boat Show 2010

The long anticipated Boat Show of 2011 has come to an end. It will be a long wait til the next Show but I have my Boat Show
tchotches for memories. I line up my collection of key chains, my favorite being the ones that open. I have yet to decide on just the right objects
to put in them but I have them available when it comes to me. I have long since run out of keys that need one so I am thinking of new uses. I am wondering
if I connect them all together and put them around the dog if it would be an effective float should she fall in.
Ah, what an assortment of reusable bags I have amassed. Allocating them to their specific tasks takes the better part of the morning. My favorite is the red medium sized one. A pride of living green overcomes me as I take them with me to Freddy Meyers (we like the nickname, feeling a personal attachment to the store).
If you should find yourself without a pen at any of the meetings please seek me out. I have a wonderful collection of imprinted pens, most with a nautical theme. Pens seem to be the most selected object for free distribution. I will have to remember that if I am looking for a company's phone number to check my pens.
The ultimate giveaway for me is the chapstick. As I collected the new ones I was able to dispose of the older ones acquired at The Boat Show I attended this past summer.
I wonder how many hershey kisses I have eaten in the course of the week?? Maybe next year I will keep a tally.
My humor aside, The Boat Show has afforded me a great time to connect to more people interested in boating in all manner of involvement. I learned so much from other knowledgable members during my volunteer time at the Power Squadron booth. I have some ideas of what I would like to accomplish as the Executive Officer with The SSAPS. I look forward to sharing them and getting everyone's valuable input.