Glad to hear you made it out safe and sound. Well, safe, anyway.

I've only flown AS once and it was a good experience. Its always nice to hear when an airline's front line employees are as good as the AS folks sound. ^

I'm scheduled to take the ferry to and from Kodiak next week. How bad does the weather have to be to suspend ferry service? (or the bear flightseeing flights for that matter).

The ferry is seldom suspended too many people depend on it, but it can be delayed. The ferry is kept moving as much as possible to keep up the schedule.

You don't have to notify anyone on Kodiak if the ferry is off schedule. It is part of the pulse of the town and all know what is going on with the ferry and with flights.

As far as the bear flightseeing flights, they are suspended often. The weather on Kodiak is notoriously awful. Ask the Japanese who tried to bomb the island during WWII!

I am reading all this with some fear. We are scheduled to arrive in Kodiak on the 16th of July (via ferry from Homer) and do a two-day fishing lodge stay that involves a small plane flight on the island. I am crossing all of my fingers and toes that the fog is not a problem while we are there. To get off the island, we have ferry reservations on the 18th, and there is another ferry leaving on the 19th if things really go squirly and we get stuck at the fishing lodge for an extra night. I seriously hope it doesn't come to that. We need to be back in Homer to pick up our car on the morning of the 20th at the very latest!

I think I am going to buy some trip insurance for this one. Never done it before, but this time, it really seems warranted!