Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 35: Anchorage, AKSunny and warm First thing in the morning we headed to the Botanical Gardens to look around some more. I would fit in living in Alaska. CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME VAN for sale we saw in the Sportsman’s Warehouse. 1990, 65000 miles for $7500. We could take this on any road Alaska... Continue Reading →
Day 34: Seward, AKCloudy and cool. We left Seward for Anchorage. In Anchorage we went to the Sportsman’s Warehouse and looked for shoes for Tom. No luck with his size. Found a little park for lunch and watched a very long train go by. We found the Alaska Botanical Gardens, where we reserved an overnight... Continue Reading →
Day 33: Seward, AKCloudy and cool. We bit the bullet and forked over $400 to go on a Kenai Fjords National Park tour by boat, with salmon and prime rib dinner. We were so lucky today, even the boat workers told us that. We saw four types of whales: fin whales, humpback whales, resident (fish... Continue Reading →
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 →
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