I’m onna BOAT!!

The Alaska State Highway system ferry MV Columbia. Columbia is named for Columbia Glacier, which is named for Columbia University which is named for the personification of the North American Continent. Generally seen in assorted art of the mid-1800s glorifying Progress and Science and other high-falutin’ concepts, Columbia was generally shown in sisterhood with Europa and Britannia, although sometimes separate European countries were identified with their own personifications as well.

I will be on this ship for two more days. The above picture was taken an hour before the rain started in earnest, so the clouds are dramatic and the sightlines longer than I am currently experiencing. The assorted weather forecasts I can find predict some sun in a day or two. When that happens, I’ll find a new picture with the sun in it, but it will still be astoundingly gorgeous.