Alaska's Inside Passage
An Elderhostel Adventure
Page 1 - Introduction
 


On April 16, 2004 forty-one participants gathered at the southern terminal of the Alaska Marine Highway in Bellingham, Washington.  Bellingham is a two hour bus trip north from Seattle.  The plan was to board the Columbia , the largest ferry in the system and to spend a week traveling the Alaska-Canada Inside Passage.  



The following cruise participants
contributed to these pages:
Photos contributed by:
Gin
Ken
Ray
Jim
Janet
Bob
Mike

Text contributed by:
Ray*
Ken
Frank

*The majority of the text is taken from Ray's diary of the trip.

Web Pages created by Ken Murphy

Links:
Elderhostel Main Page
Inside Passage Program
Alaska's Marine Highway
Sheldon Jackson College

Please notify Ken if any of these links do not work or you have comments on these pages.

Send E-Mail to Kenneth Murphy



This Elderhostel was sponsored by the Sheldon Jackson College
located in Sitka, Alaska.
The program title was "Alaska's Inside Passage: A Different View"
A floating campus aboard the M/V Columbia
April 16-23, 2004

Ports-of-Call
    Arrival

  8:00 AM Sun
  6:30 PM Sun
10:45 PM Sun
  8:00 AM Mon
  2:45 PM Mon
  5:15 PM Mon

  9:15 PM Mon
  3:15 AM Tue
  2:30 PM Tue
  2:30 AM Wed
  6:30 AM Wed
  1:00 PM Wed
  7:00 AM Fri
    Port
Bellingham
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Petersburg
Juneau
Haines
Skagway

Haines
Juneau
Sitka
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Bellingham
 Departure
Fri 6:00 PM
Sun 12:30 PM
Sun 7:45 PM
Sun 12:00 AM
Mon 10:15 AM
Mon 4:15 PM
3 hr layover
refuel ferry
Mon 10:15 PM
Tue 5:45 AM
Tue 4:30 PM
Wed 3:30 AM
Wed 7:30 AM
Wed 5:30 PM



Here is the first group photo of the participants - Group 1 of 6



Next Page

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - The Columbia
Page 3 - Bellingham
Page 4 - Onboard the Columbia
Page 5 - Lectures Onboard
Page 6 - Getting to Ketchikan
Page 7a - Ketchikan
Page 7b - Ketchikan, continued
Home

Page 7c - Ketchikan, continued
Page 8 - Wrangell
Page 9 - Petersburg
Page 10 - Juneau
Page 11 - Haines
Page 12 - Skagway
Page 13 - Sitka
Page 14 - Return & Parting Party