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Alaska

Our first sights of Alaska let us know that we were truly in wilderness and the last great frontier.

Alaska

We had agreed, before we started this trip - to stop each night to sleep. However, we were now in the land of the midnight sun. As we drew closer to Anchorage - we were driving until 11:30 pm - and the sun was still shining.

Portage
We arrived at our friend's house a few days early. We were tired, hungry and needed a few nights rest. And we especially did not want to drive for awhile!! However, after a few days - we were ready to see the sights. Our friend first took us to Portage. We went on a 3 hr cruise to view the glaciers and blue ice.

Alaska Ice Bergs

I think this cruise was where we first felt that we really were in Alaska. The ice is really blue & beautiful. Since this was mid June, some of the ice bergs were melting and every once in awhile they would break off and crash into the water.

Alaska Ice Bergs

It was truly an awesome sight. The weather at this point was mid 60's.

Anchorage Downtown

We toured beautiful downtown Anchorage. This is a picture of the tourist information center. We were a little disappointed in Anchorage, only because I guess we expected the snow and mountains would be closer, however they were off in the distance.

This is the view from downtown Anchorage.

We went on a picnic one day - up in the hills above Anchorage.

When you take the road less traveled - you may have to settle for less than flushing toilets!!

One day we decided to take a short drive from Anchorage to Seward. Seward is a charming fishing town. As you can see by this picture - the cruise ships stop here.

We sat for awhile and watched the fishing boats come in and unload their catch of the day. For all you fishermen out there - they catch a lot of Halibut & Salmon here - some are 200 to 300 lbs. I made my friend stand next to this Halibut to show the size comparison. Oh, yeah, the fish is the one on the right!!

After a week or so traveling around Anchorage on day trips, we decided to venture out on our on for a few days camp out. We headed south to Homer. We stopped to take pictures of this beautiful mirror lake along the way.

Our friend told us that we should have come to visit in the winter. She said the scenery is even more spectacular - Everything is pure white against the cobalt blue skies. This lake looked great to me and I doubt if I could have handled the cold of the winter. Mid-June was 60-70 degrees.

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