Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Actually it is just mostly planes and boats, but you'll get the idea.

I often hear from friends about how much they'd like to come visit. Or, that they'll be in Alaska so maybe they could stop and see us, etc... It is not so easy and not so affordable to do this though. First you need to get to Anchorage. Most people do that by jet, but you can go by cruise ship or drive the AlCan. From there, you take a plane to Kodiak. This fare is un-

reasonable at best. More often than not it is around $200 EACH WAY. The flight is 45 minutes, go figure. You can take an Alaskan Ferry also but you need to get yourself to Homer first. So once you get to the Kodiak airport (pictured at left-yes this is the whole

 thing) you walk across the parking lot to Island Air (picture below). From there you catch a small "bush" plane that may seat 4, 6, or 8 plus cargo. The ticket prices here are $99 each way. If you have more than 50lbs total of baggage then you pay for that too. A picture of the plane Bryan and I took is also shown below. There were 8 of us on the plane this last trip. Another one took most of our baggage. Depending upon what the weather is like,  you fly either over the mountains or around the outside of the island to Larsen Bay - an Alaskan Native village on the other side of the island. This is home to the cannery that we work for currently, Icicle

 Seafoods.

Once you get to the village of Larsen Bay, you take a 1/2 hour skiff ride to our camp.  Rain or shine!  Then...you are at camp.  One of the most beautiful places on Earth!  So if you are up for an adventure and have some spare change - come for a visit some time :)

The last picture I took from the plane.  You can see the landing strip at the top.  The long pier and the buildings with the red roofs is the cannery.