Peter Crispin Author

Skagway Unless you have taken an Alaskan cruise, I’m going to guess Skagway is one of the most interesting places in the United States that you’ve never heard of. Skagway, AK, has a permanent population of about 800 people, which doubles in the summer with all the seasonal workers it requires to function. Skagway is not an easy place to get to. You can either take a ferry, which takes about an hour from Haines, and about six hours from Juneau. You can drive from Whitehorse, which takes about two hours, and is almost all uphill, until you get to the border. Or, you take an Alaskan cruise. Every single Alaskan cruise stops in Skagway, as has been the case as long as there have been Alaskan cruises, since the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Oh, I almost forgot, you can also take a  62-hour ferry from Bellingham, Washington. During the Gold Rush, the easiest way to get to Dawson City was to sail to Skagway, carry 1 year’s worth of food plus your supplies up the Chilkoot Trail, which gene...

Here is the first half of my memoir about Egypt When I decided to write about Egypt, I was struggling to collect memories from fifteen years ago, so it was challenging. Fortunately, I found my travel journal from that trip, and Crista remembers much different things than I do, so she was a big help filling in things I was vague about in my journal. Once I started writing all the memories started flooding back. This is the first half of the trip, I haven’t written the second half yet. Land of Magic and Mystery Part 1 April, 2008   Hey Sean, I typed, I’ve got big news, we need to talk. Hey , he replied, I’ve got big news too.  Ring Ring. ‘Guess what…’ I gushed, ‘I’m going to EGYPT!’ There was a few moments of shocked silence. ‘…I’M going to Egypt!’ Sean beamed.  Woah. He paid $10000, and said it was worth every penny. He got luxury hotels, air-conditioned busses, and ancient secret rituals in the sacred chamber beneath the Sphinx. His travelling companions included artists ...

tillism.com has published an excerpt from my memoir about my adventure in Egypt in 2009. The first half of the story will follow shortly, I'm currently editing the second half https://tillism.com/2022/05/06/land-of-magic-and-mystery-excerpt/