
The Island Spirit
For cruise travelers looking for waterways off the beaten path, it’s hard to beat Alaska’s Inside Passage. Bays, coves and inlets draw small ships to their …
“Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.” – Lyman Frank Baum
Call it the luck o’ the Irish, but I’ve had the good fortune to capture a few beautiful rainbows in photos on my small-ship cruises and …

I was nursing a beer at Victoria’s Pour House in downtown Sitka. Behind me loomed a large sign, gong attached, inscribed with these words:
“If you touch it, and it makes a sound, Be prepared to buy …


