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Week Two with RGA
Week two of my summer was particularly great. I remember feeling a shift from being totally overwhelmed and nearly intimidated into feeling more at ease and confident about my ability to contribute to the company, and the ability to fit in with this quirky, awesome,...
My first summer with RGA
Six months ago, I was an unemployed recent graduate wondering what step to take next. I had left the beautiful sunny beach town of Ventura, California and returned to my hometown of Lansing, Michigan. Back home, I was doing alright with freelancing photography and...
Discovery Channel Highlighted Our “Gold Rush to Porcupine” Tour on National Television
Hello Gold Panning fans. Here is a neat three minute video Discovery Channel aired the weekend of Dec. 14th, 2012. Come gold pan at Big Nugget Mine with tour guide Holly Jo on our exclusive Gold Rush to Porcupine Tour.
Gold Nuggets are being panned at Big Nugget Mine
Written by RGA Guide, Holly Jo Parnell HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com. Opinions may not be that of Rainbow Glacier Adventures. I am proud to announce RGA tours to Big Nugget Mine at Porcupine Creek have hit the ground running. Parker Schnabel has been hard...
Gathering of the Flock
Written by RGA Guide, Holly Jo Parnell HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com. Opinions may not be that of Rainbow Glacier Adventures. It was a boisterous reunion as the Rainbow Glacier Adventures family gathered in the “bus” for the first meeting of 2012. Many of...
Haines Alaska kicked off the first tour of 2012
Written by RGA Guide, Holly Jo Parnell HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com. Opinions may not be that of Rainbow Glacier Adventures. Rainbow Glacier Adventures had our first tour on Friday, April 6th. A few of us RGA Guides got to go along to help Joe...
2012 Tours to Big Nugget Mine in Porcupine Creek will start June 1st!
Written by RGA Guide, Holly Jo Parnell HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com. Opinions may not be that of Rainbow Glacier Adventures. Rainbow Glacier Adventures has exclusive access to give tours to one of the most famous gold mines in America right now....
It takes a Leap of Faith to Pan for Gold at Porcupine Creek
Excerpts from RGA Tour Guide, Holly Jo Parnell at HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspotcom With gold sky rocketing over $1700 an ounce recently, our Gold Rush to Porcupine Creek Tour is starting to be more than mere entertainment to our tour guests. Even small gold nuggets...
Into the thick of Summer in Haines Alaska
Excerpt from RGA guide: HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com Field of the Dandelion weeds at the Ghost Town of Porcupine City. My Dad on one of my tours. I cant believe we are already into July. Summer flies when your having fun in Haines Alaska and Tour Guiding seals...
Celebrity Sightings and Gold Nuggets
Excerpt from RGA guide: HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com Kir & Pacific found some gold! We had three Gold Rush to Porcupine Tours last week. Each one was a unique experience. My first tour went out last Monday with a local Haines family. They had the cutest 4...
Gold Rush of 2011 has started
Excerpt from RGA guide: HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com Spectacular Views of the Dalton Trail The first "Gold Rush to Porcupine Tour" started on Memorial day weekend with 10 people on board to the gold road to Porcupine. We drove up the scenic Haines Highway...
First Cruise Ship Day in Haines Alaska
Excerpt from RGA guide: HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com Tourism Director, Tanya Carlson - Mayor Jan Hill - Tour Operator, Adam Patterson Enjoying the new look of Haines as they wait to greet Cruise Ship guests We did it! The first Cruise Ship Day in Haines was a...
Just in the Nick of Time
Excerpt from RGA guide: HainesAlaskaTourguide.blogspot.com Oh, oh, what a feeling! To drive.....a tour bus (sang to the tune of the old Toyota commercial). I passed my dreaded driving test and can now get a Commercial Drivers License. Whoopee - I'm so stoked! I have...
from joe #2 musing on Skagway
I went to Skagway today. Its a different world from Haines. Funny how it is only 15 miles away but it is a different world. The difference is that there is no road along the fifteen miles. In order to drive there, it is 360 miles one way. By boat it takes 45 minutes,...
first entry by Joe
Hi. This is my first blog entry ever. I'm not really a writer, more of a philosopher/educator, but I thought maybe someone might be interested in what I'm thinking about and what is going on in Haines and with Rainbow Glacier Adventures. This morning, I woke up in our...