A "DIY" cruise following John Muir's 1879 voyaging.

Here is an interesting article about a "Do It Yourself" trip, mainly using the Alaska Marine Highway System. We have used the State ferries a lot in the past, I once called them my "Poor Man's Cruise";), Haw. A lot of excellent pictures go along with this story, albeit all in the Southeast (Panhandle) portion of our State.

"The story attempts to follow the footsteps of writer John Muir in 1879 when he first visited Alaska’s Inside Passage, which was the seafaring route through the densely islanded panhandle of America’s northernmost territory. Muir eventually founded the Sierra Club and was a huge supporter of our first national parks."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/travel/alaska-inside-passage-john-muir-ferries.html?hpw&rref=travel&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Thank you for posting. Interesting article.

This is a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing it. I would love to do this one day.

Thanks for posting this interesting article about a different way to "cruise" Alaska. I'm not sure how long the Alaska Marine Highway System has been in existence, but my great aunt "cruised" to Alaska several times in the 1920s aboard a steamer (not sure where it left from). I inherited her postcard albums and have many photos of what Alaska looked like back then. The most notable difference is where the Mendenhall Glacier terminated--near the highway! Talk about a receding glacier <g>. If you've been there, you've probably seen the map near the Visitors Center showing how the receding has progressed over the 20th c.

Very interesting read! Thank you for sharing!

Several times, I've visited the Alaska Ferry website and planned pie-in-the-sky trips. Such fun! Thank you for sharing this nice article.