Out Ferry!

Here's our boat!





We had to pay the car rate, but here's where they stuck us, and complained that we weren't packed in tight enough!





And here is home on the deck. Notice my new, KTM-orange tent? It made tufelhunden green with envy





If you're going to pitch a tent on deck, make sure you bring some duct-tape. Not that it will do you a lot of good on a wet deck, but just in case it dries out. Otherwise, try to find something to tie the tent down with.

Another huge dump of pics. This route is from Haines, AK, to Bellingham, WA. It takes just about 3 full days to complete. You'd think it would be boring, but it was great. I met a whole raft of ADV'ers and other riders and it was like one big party.









With wet decks, string was all of a sudden a valuable commodity in high demand!







This is a view from aft looking forward on the top deck. The space that you see is where you can pitch a tent. The space that is covered is heated with convection lamps that work quite well! If you don't have a tent, you can stake out a chair and just sleep there quite comfortably. Just make sure that if you leave it, something you own is on it or it is fair game. I saw no signs of thievery. I left stuff out plenty of times. YMMV though.







Yeah, I think it's all good, but the wind has not even begun to pick up. We even coined a new term - paratenting.







Leaving the Haines port.











Notice the wind starting to pick up? Notice how I re-oriented my tent?























Good ol' Tom. He couldn't even make it to the lounge or the deck. Little feller was all tuckered out.























The crew would practice drills every once in awhile. It was encouraging.











Ferry food porn. The prices were on par with what we ate on land.











I booked my ferry passage at North Pole on the way up to Deadhorse, mostly because I was annoyed at the price of gas and the exchange rate in Canada. Otherwise I would have rode back, but I gotta tell you, it was serendipity that I took the ferry. It was a great way to wind down the vacation, and yet still be in it. The views were stunning and it was a whole lot less crowded than an Alaskan Cruise! I highly recommend that you take a ferry for one leg of your trip.



















































It just doesn't get old.