Yesterday, we boarded the S.S. Matanuska in Prince Rupert, heading up the inland waterway to Juneau and Haines, Alaska.
Our little Odyssey van is parked below on the car deck dwarfed by monster RVs and semi trailers going north to those communities accessible only by water and air. With only tens of miles of roads in Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, etc., most of the vehicles are older trucks or rugged Jeeps.
Our stateroom is small but comfortable with bunk beds and an airline type private bath with attached shower. The cafeteria's not bad. No whale sittings yet. The weather is typically overcast and occasionally snowfields peek out from ridges just below the clouds.
While we were sleeping, engineers repaired some sort of essential pump so we will be delayed arrival at Juneau by four hours. This does give us more day time to marvel at the profusion of islands, headlands and distant mountains on our way north.
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