I have always loved Whittier.  I had a Tollycraft moored in Whittier from 1983 to 1990, finally residing in slip C-5.  How  well I remember the fun days, despite the rain.  We rode the train to Whittier in a box car with our legs hanging out the door.  We looked forward to eating deep fried halibut at the Anchor Inn and playing pool in the Buckner building in the evening.  I did a lot of fishing and shrimping in PW Sound, once hitting a rock and losing a propeller.   We explored everywhere in the western Sound.   In 1989, I got a contract with VECO to bed and board a beach clean-up crew after the Exxon oil spill.  Unfortunately in 1990, my job forced me to leave Alaska.  My Tollycraft was strapped to a rail car and rolled onto a barge for shipment to San Diego.  But, I still have my memories and my pictures of the most wonderful experiences that life could bring to anyone.  I will always treasure them.