Monday, 11:45am

Well, here I am back on the Holiday Island again. (“Pictograms… which show the direct method of donning a life jacket… are located throughout the vessel.”) We’ve got a full load, and I think I was lucky to get on. I was going to take the 1:00pm crossing, and I think I almost had to after having seen the large tourist crowd ( Read more... )

(Typed August 2nd, in the early evening.)

I’m on the MV Holiday Island now, and we’re just leaving Caribou. Wow, it’s hot. I was hoping there’d be a breeze, and I had dressed accordingly. Maybe it will be different out on the Strait. I tried using my notebook on the top deck, but I couldn’t see my screen under the sun, so that was a no-go. And ( Read more... )