Paul, Just a couple quick comments. If you have 28 days I would suggest boarding the ferry in Bellingham and heading North. It is a good way to acclimate to the climate and the scenery. Several of the places the ferry stops are good places to begin a trip. I would recommend Petersburg (my home) where you are a two day paddle away from the LeConte Glacier the southern most tidewater glacier in the Northern hemisphere. The LeConte is activiely calving tons of ice bergs every day and there are a couple real nice campsites in the fjord itself. Also you can paddle north of here into the whale feeding grounds of Fredrick Sound. (I will gladly serve as host if you come here. ) Sitka can be the start of grand paddle on the outside waters or if the weather is rough an equally enjoy able paddle through some mostly protected inland waterways. In Juneau of course you can get a water taxi to Glacier Bay. I would recommend being dropped off well up in the Bay. The problem with Glacier Bay is the bears. If a bear causes a problem with campers they shut down that camp site so when you get to the park headquarters you might have to change your paddling plans. Also your food must be in bear proof containers which do not fit well in a lot of kayaks. Skagway and Haines are good spots to begin a drive but as far as kayaking there are better choices. My suggestion would be to use the Ferry to get you to different places so you can paddle in a variety of settings. I have trip report from several of these places so as you put your plans together let me know if any of them would help. Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 17 2009 - 12:33:39 PST
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