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Seward

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Seward is a nice place. We took a boat ride to see the glaciers and wildlife, did some hiking, had a really good time despite the freezing cold, rainy weather. We did see two whales on the boat ride, but I couldn’t get a decent photo!

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Harbor seal just browsing on the rocks.

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Beautiful blue glacier coming right down to the water.

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It really was cold and rainy!

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This is Mt. Marathon, the backdrop of Seward. Every 4th of July they have a race up and down the mountain. It’s only 3 miles, so how hard can it be, right? Well, the winners of the race do it in 45 minutes, the top women are under and hour. Dave and I hiked the trail and ended up turning around because when it rains the mud is so slick and the trail is so steep we kept falling down. We made it almost all the way and it took us 3 hours. Not only are the people who run that race tough, I think they must be a little crazy as well.

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Dave and Molly pose with the Iditarod ‘mile 0’ sign. She thinks she’s a sled dog now!

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Another bald eage.

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The view of town from almost on top of Mt. Marathon.

Exit Glacier

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

This glacier you can walk right up to. We touched it and I had to lick it. When else can you lick ice that could be like 1,000 years old? Ok, maybe only I would care about something like that but I thought it was super cool.

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The glacier ice up here is so blue!

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It is really cool to get up close.

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The view as you approach.

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That’s where I licked it!

Russian River

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
All over Alaska everyone was talking about the Russian River salmon fishing. For the longest time we thought it was the Rushing River they were talking about but finally we figured it out. Dave and I both gave the fishing ... [Continue reading this entry]

Kenai Peninsula

Monday, July 24th, 2006
Well, we did a lot in the peninsula but here I'm just going to post a few photos that don't really fit in anywhere else. AK-kenai1.jpg Just beautiful! AK-kenaibald.jpg A bald eage ... [Continue reading this entry]

Anchorage

Monday, July 24th, 2006
Anchorage is really a cool city. Fairbanks was rather grim, so I wasn't sure what to expect but this is what a city should be like. There is a 23 mile bike trail all along the water front that is ... [Continue reading this entry]

Denali State Park

Monday, July 24th, 2006
Ok, not all Alaska State Parks are crummy, this one was very nice. The thing that bothered us about the State Parks when we first arrived was: AK-campground.jpg Dear Alaska, this is NOT a campground. This ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Big One

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
After all that time in the National Park and no mountain views, Denali finally came out for us the day we left the National Park and went into Denali State Park. AK-thebigone.jpg There it is. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Denali National Park!!!

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Denali was really cool, as you probably expect. We saw 4 bear, 4 moose, a wolf, a billion caribou, a billion dahl sheep, two golden eages and probably some other stuff I've forgotten about. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of ... [Continue reading this entry]