Preview of Techride’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Bellingham, United States Entry Title: “4 nights and 3 days on the Alaskan Ferry Colombia” Entry: “We boarded the ferry this afternoon at 6pm there was a long line of motorcycles, cars, and motor homes headed out. We went to the Grocery store early so we could have snacks and drinks being unsure of what the boat had to offer, but we found out it has good food service at reasonable prices, two restaurants and a snack bar. Matter of fact it is a quite nice trip we have a person from the Tongrass National Forest giving lectures twice daily about the inside passage and surrounding area. The ferry system here in Alaska is part of the Alaska highway system, it is part of public transportation. I was told that some children use the ferry for their school bus, a lot of villages can only be accessed by these ferries. A store employee in Haines told that all their supplies come from Bellingham weekly their bread has to be flash frozen in order for it not be stale by the time it is put on the shelf a week later. Matter of fact the Inside Passage runs down through the Tongrass National Forest it is a experience in itself. Imagine a stretch of mountain-hemmed in sea, a narrow ( The channel is as small as 100 feet for an 85 foot ferry to pass through in the wrangle narrows) corridor walled with thousand …
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