Well, tomorrow we leave this incredible place. We have truly enjoyed these past 5 weeks. The last 3 weeks we have driven approx 2500 miles and feel like true road warriors today. Every single day there was something new and beautiful to see and learn about. Most state and national park campgrounds have (or will …
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Mountains and Glaciers
Wrangell-St.Elias National Park This park is the largest in the national parks system. 13.2 million acres and contains the greatest collection of peaks over 16,000 feet on the continent. Also contains the largest concentration of glaciers on the continent. One of these, Malaspina Glacier, covers over 1500 square miles that is larger than the state …
PLANE
In Talkeetna to catch plane over the big kahuna – Denali. 10 people on plane for hour and 45 minute excursion. All I can say is, WOW. The lady checking us in said we did not need hat, gloves, etc. (we should know better than to take advice from a native alaskan!). Landed on glazier …
SEWARD again……
From Homer we went back to Seward to spent the night. Chilly, but we had, as usual, the best fire on Resurrection bay. Actually a fjord. Visited sealife rehab facility next day. Lunch at Gold Rush cafe. (Imagine, we live on Gold Rush ct.) Fresh Halibut fish & chips. Very, very good. Would recommend this …
RODEO
We drove by a sign for a rodeo and went it. Our first rodeo and what a delightful experience. There was a little girl about 8 years old doing tricks on her galloping horse….. hanging by one leg. A true small town experience. Fun, Fun!
HOMER
In Homer. Mile .04 Homer Spit to be exact. Yes, it is a Spit. Raining all day. Actually enjoyed the day “off” reading and eating pepperidge farm cookies. 😀 It stopped raining in the afternoon. No matter whey we stay we are surround with magestic mountains. We seen a huge bald eagle sitting at the …
Seward
This was the major hub coming into Alaska until the earthquake in 1974 wiped it out. Today the shore is a park with camping. Last week the smoke was so bad from nearby fires, that you could not see the mountains across the bay. We have seen Dall sheep on the rocks and numerous sea …
Kenai Lake
This is the view from our Rv camp site yesterday.
Heading to Kenai Penisula
What a great day! We are both finally felling better. HalelujahWe stopped by the North Pole this morning, but a bit of a bust. With such a great name, I guess I expected more than just a gigantic Christmas store.We headed south out of Fairbanks on Richardson Hwy to Denali Hwy. when the Denali Highway …
Anchorage
Spent the day around Fairbanks and north of Fairbanks. Nothing spectular, but…. both are beginning to feel better.Stopped by Alaska pipeline to view up close. What an engineering feat!We have obviously read about it in the past, but to actually drive over the terrain this was constructed, is impressive. 500 rivers, I think. Think over …
ALASKA! 