Well, *I* thought it was funny
There once was a cruise ship in Hoonah Whose passengers hated canned tuna “If we wanted such fare, “We’d go over there “And sail with the folks on that schoona’!” When I read this out… Well, *I* thought it was funny
Zipping South on Indigo
(Originally posted as written by Barry, but that was a technical boo-boo. Definitely a Meps original: Barry never uses colons.) It feels strange, not to be moving every day. Stranger still is the feeling I… Zipping South on Indigo
Eagle doesn't rhyme with seagull
He’s staring at me down his beak Looking massive, ferocious and sleek This huge awesome eagle Is so goddamned regal I feel like a featherless freak We were paddling down the Yukon River when I… Eagle doesn't rhyme with seagull
Off-the-beaten-path points
Getting Indigo into the slip assigned to us was a bit hectic this afternoon. Once the boat was secure, the fellow on the dock looked up at the five of us. “Welcome to Planet Craig,”… Off-the-beaten-path points
Whitehorse, Yukon, 1:30 AM
A few feet away from our campsite Some people are having a fistfight It’s pretty surreal This kind of ordeal Is not s’posed to happen at twilight We were in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, the day… Whitehorse, Yukon, 1:30 AM
Where we are
Hi, all! I have 45 seconds to write this, because I’m on a library computer. We’re in Sitka, sailing on Indigo. We had a great time in Glacier Bay with icebergs, glaciers, whales, puffins, and… Where we are
Juneau: Too many tourists?
The folks from a dozen cruise ships Paid cabbies and bus drivers tips, To go to the glacier And commune with nature — And be in each others’ film clips. After so much solitude, sailing… Juneau: Too many tourists?
Drinking from the Yukon River
Upon our return from the Skagway library where I last wrote, we found the one picnic table in the tenting area of the campsite was taken by two older German fellows. Luckily for us, they… Drinking from the Yukon River
Geologists rock
To fix all a boat’s broken gear Requires more than one engineer But for ID-ing schist A geologist Like Barbara, is great to have here An older limerick, as yet unpublished, from our cruise up… Geologists rock
The cruise ship gold rush
We’re in Skagway, Alaska right now, checking in via a public library computer. After three fantastic weeks aboard Complexity, sailing the Inside Passage with Barbara and Jim (and Scuppers the Bear), we bade them farewell… The cruise ship gold rush