Tag: alaska
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Haines, Alaska
We have had jaw-dropping scenery throughout the day as we drove the 215 miles between Destruction Bay and Haines. We also saw over 100 Dall Sheep today, which has to be a daily record for us. We saw 92 sheep at their normal area near Kluane Lake. The group of 20 pictured above were the closest…
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Alaskan Glaciers
Between the Glacier Discovery Train tour and our trip to Cordova, I have been seeing a lot of glaciers lately. Most glaciers on the earth are rapidly melting, and I wonder what these Alaskan Glaciers will look like if I return to them in 10 or 20 years. The photos don’t do any of them…
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Healy Cabin, 2 weeks remaining?
We spend almost all of our limited time in Healy sorting and packing. We’re either packing for our next fishing trip (leaving again tomorrow!) or packing to move home to Virginia. In the last 24 hours, we have been distracted occasionally. See the three photos from our upstairs north window taken in the past day. …
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Showers
This is embarrassing, but I haven’t had a shower in 8 days now. Although…if I look at it another way, I am in a shower nearly every day as it has been raining a lot! It seems it should count for something, even if I’m wearing raingear for my showers this week. With the cool…
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Northwestern Fjord
We had a spectacular 8-hour boat tour with Kenai Fjords Tours. We had attempted to get to Northwestern Fjord and Glacier on June 1, but rough seas turned us around. It may have been for the best, as we had an incredible day on July 31. We saw plentiful marine mammals – many Harbor Seals,…
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Kenai Peninsula with Friends
After just 2 nights at our home in Healy, we were on the road again, headed south for fishing and meeting up with friends. We caught a few fish, saw another American Dipper on the Russian River, and visited the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center before picking D&A up in Anchorage. We were able to show…
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Glaciers and WEIO
We finally made a trip to Portage Glacier, staying 2 nights at nearby Williwaw Campground. Thanks to lovely weather, we saw many glaciers. The above glacier and waterfalls were visible from the campground. We took the $49 per person glacier cruise out to see Portage Glacier. It has receded significantly since 1986 when I last…
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Russian River and Eklutna Tailrace
We have 10 jars of sockeye salmon in the pressure canner. While the ten pound weight dances, I am writing this post. The above photo shows our campsite this morning. In the foreground you can see the canner with the windscreen. To the left is a can of bear spray in case I need to…
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Nabesna Road
Driving into Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve on Nabesna Road on June 15, we experienced significant smoky haze. We settled into peaceful Kendesnii Campground on Twin Lakes, 28 miles down Nabesna Road. We ate supper then launched the canoe, surprising some ducks. While the mountains were hiding thanks to Canadian wildfires, the fishing and…
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Fun Times in Alaska
The five-week old sled dog puppies at Denali National Park are adorable. Volunteers and park staff are asked to help socialize the puppies. Storm was my favorite, she is on the far left in the photo below. Webcam of puppy kennel: https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams-pups.htm. Later the same day we went on a thrilling flight with Fly Denali…
Me & C 