July 26, 2025

WRANGELL, ALASKA, USA

We decided to explore the sleepy town of Wrangell, Alaska  by E Bikes. I have ridden e-bikes before and these were the smoothest ride I have had to date, perhaps due to the nice wide tires. Wrangell's population is barely 2,000. The rental shop gave us a map and some suggestions for rides. First stop was Petroglyph Beach.

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Then we headed through town, down along the coastline to the far end of town and hiked into Rainbow Falls. It was a sleepy little town, very picturesque. There was a National Geographic ship also tendered in Port and they had pretty much booked up all the local excursions in advance. We were happy with our peaceful relaxing day, just biking around for a couple of hours.

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After dinner things got a little more lively as Brett and Rich along with Bosco all got picked for acting roles in resident Viv's, New Zealand version of a somewhat twisted Little Red Riding Hood tale. Brett played a dog, Rich was bad guy #2, Randy Andy and Bosco was the hero, lumberjack Jay Gay.  Sheri and I just enjoyed sitting back and watching the action unfold!

SORONG, INDONESIA- Travel Day 2 to Raja Amat

By Pat Patrick • April 7, 2026
Monday April 6th is another travel day for us on our destination to remote Raja Ampat . We started the day at 5am to make our 7am flight from Denpasar, Bali to Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in South Sulawesi for our brief layover to connect with our flight onto Sorong, Indonesia.

HAPPY EASTER from BALI, INDONESIA

By Pat Patrick • April 6, 2026
Easter turned out to be a travel day for Bosco and I as we were extremely limited in when we could be seen by the Australian Border Control to disembark from the Ship, for a scuba diving adventure in Raja Ampat that I have had reserved, for over 18 months! We flew from Perth to Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Easter afternoon.

FREO ARTS FESTIVAL AND COUSINS!!

By Pat Patrick • April 6, 2026
I have been really excited to get to Fremantle / Perth for my first time. I have had a few friends live here over the years and I have a second cousin, James Murphy, who I have only ever spoken too briefly, over the last 35 years and that I would love to meet in person. Jim is the older brother of Paul who I met up with in Melbourne a few weeks ago.