We're at the Juneau port this morning. It's about 5:45am. We arrived here at 4:45am. The kids both hopped up to bid their new friends who were departing in Juneau a good-bye. They're now back in the stateroom with the sleeping Alicia May. I tossed two loads of laundry into the ship machines. I figure it'll be a bigger hassle to do laundry from here on out.

We'll be disembarking in Haines at 11:30am today. Then we'll high-tail it north, through far western Canada and back into Alaska hopefully making it as far as Tok (pronounced "toke").

The ferry ride has been fun. Sometimes it got a little boring when the fog concealed any scenery. The southeast part of Alaska is very rainy, foggy... wet! I think I read that it gets around 132" of rain a year, all of it in the form of sprinkling mist.

Stephen has enjoyed being back on a boat again. Reminds him a little of his Navy days I think. I've been drugged up on motion sickness pills, so I've been able to enjoy the ride as well. And the kids have made lots of buddies on board. So all have enjoyed the experience.

This morning we'll be reloading the van and praying it doesn't smell too much like PET. We have about 800 miles to drive from Haines to Anchorage. And since I need to be back at the office on Wednesday... We'll be finishing up this road trip tomorrow!