Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 32: Seward, AK Cloudy, windy and cold. We went to the Seward library and worked on the website and travel plans. We have been planning on taking the Alaska Marine Highway to Bellingham, Washington (Seattle) in late August, and seeing some of Alaska’s towns during ferry stops. The ferry system has been shut down... Continue Reading →
We have seen probably 15 or 20 glaciers since we started our journey. I am astonished at the rate that some of them are receding. Many have date posts showing recession over the years. Here is a photo of the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. The sign post marks the 2010 Terminus of... Continue Reading →
Day 31: Whittier, AK Sunny, pleasant and warm. Whittier is a large storage lot with a few tourist holes. I really liked the informality. We checked out a few places in the Chugach National Forest and went to Seward. Here in the Kenai Fjords National Park we did a hike to Exit Glacier. I was... Continue Reading →
Day 30: Whittier, AK Sunny, windy and cold. First thing in the morning we took the Portage Pass trail hike. The hike began with finding an abundance of salmonberries. It was pretty steep and a mile to the top of the pass. We stopped there and chatted with a woman from Hawaii whose family went... Continue Reading →
Pink Salmon Spawn Whittier Alaska 7/29/19 Jen had great fun watching the salmon spawn.
Day 29: Outside Denali National Park Rainy. We drove South toward Anchorage and stopped at two view points for Denali. Too rainy and cloudy to see The Mountain. In Anchorage we spent an hour at the library and I finished my compliance training. We drove on toward Seward and Whittier and all of a sudden... Continue Reading →
Day 29: Outside Denali National Park Rainy. We drove South toward Anchorage and stopped at two view points for Denali. Too rainy and cloudy to see The Mountain. In Anchorage we spent an hour at the library and I finished my compliance training. We drove on toward Seward and Whittier and all of a sudden... Continue Reading →
Day 28: Anderson, AK Rainy. I made BLUEBERRY SCONES from the wild blueberries we picked Thursday. I had to try a couple tricks and they came out dee-licious. We also did a couple modifications to Arvi. We installed a paper towel holder, toothbrush and toothpaste cup, and put snaps on the blackout curtains. Tom figured... Continue Reading →
Day 27: Chena Hot Springs Resort Cloudy. Tom fished the North Fork Chena River and a lake. He caught four Arctic grayling from the lake. We drove back through Fairbanks and headed south toward Anchorage. We stopped at an old gravel pit with lakes that we heard about to camp. Driving in, we encountered someone... Continue Reading →
Day 26: Wickersham Dome Trailhead, AK Smoky and foggy. The site we spent the night was very nice. In the morning, Tom was outside and got chatting with another couple who slept at the trailhead also. Turns out Bill and Betty met at Michigan Tech as lab partners! We had so much to talk about.... Continue Reading →
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