5-30-2010

My o my the cruise trip was something else, we saw sea otters, puffins, orcha whales, mt. goats and kids, sea lions, a harbor seal, 2 black bears,2 humpback whales,seals an eagle and Steller sea cows. All this took place while we were o this little cruise boat going on the Kenai Fjord National Park trip. It was seven and a half hours long, but we did go for the roast beef and salmon dinner that was delicious! Then it was back to camp for the night. Today we went to the Alaska Sea Life Center to look at various birds and other sea life on the Resurrection bay. We saw puffins swim under water and had a lesson by a person that knew all about salmon. Well then we left for Homer and no sooner got here and they said that they had to go help unload a 200 pound halibut, they brought it back here along with about eight other halibut. There is a limit of 2 per fisherman. But once they are cleaned and in a cooler they no longer are counted. We grilled hamburgers for supper. We are all beat tonight, we were not able to take a shower this AM. But tonight we are in a better campground. Also we saw a glacier and what they call caving, where the ice breaks off from the glacier.

Today we left Anchorage toward Seward, about 150 miles. Stopped at a marsh walk that was south of Anchorage by about 10 miles, it didn’t deliver as promised by the travel guide. But it was a nice walk. The scenery has been great, many more photos of the mountains. We now are in a city park that is right on Resurrection Bay in the city of Seward, along with a long line of RVs and several tent campers. The harbor is loaded with fishing boats and small cruise boats that take people out on day trips. We are to do one tomorrow, it goes out for seven and half hours. We signed up for the prime rib and salmon dinner on board. The distance of the boat trip tomorrow is about 120 miles long. Resurrection Bay is a deep harbor a coal loading port a freighter just now is being brought in by a tug boat. Cruise ships also come in here and let people take day trips. We have been watching an otter and three sea lions play close to shore

5/28/2010

After a big breakfast of reindeer sausage and sourdough pancakes we headed south away from the smoke caused by the forest fire in Tok. The residents there were concerned because everything is so dry. We took several photos on the way to Anchorage, the photos do not do justice to the landscape, the snow on the mountains and the picture of the glacier do not do justice to the real thing. The airplane in the picture is a common sight, you can't see the runway, but it was gravel and had rolling hills. It must be an exciting ride to take off or land there. The traffic upon entering Anchorage was very busy, Anchorage is a lot bigger that what I thought it was. [250,000] We have almost 20 hours of daylight every day,This has raised havoc with our sleeping. It's light when we go to bed and light when we get up. We have driven 3800 miles so far. Tomorrow we will go to Seward, and hope to spend two days there.

Tok

We drove from Whitehorse YT. to Tok Alaska today. This completes the Alaskan highway part 1314 miles. Tomorrow we will head toward Anchorage and visit that area. We have had to make some choices on what we will have time to see and things we want to do. CAN'T DO THEM ALL. The road from Whitehorse to the Alaskan boarder was very rough and parts were gravel and not very well graded at that, also some delays for construction.
We stopped at a cafe just after Destruction Bay and had quite a visit with the owner, chef, and leader of the band. He was very informative guy. We reached the Alaskan boarder at 3PM. Alaskan time. then on to Tok and our campground. Some people at the visitor center were told that they couldn't head on up to Fairbanks because of a forest fire--we can see the smoke from where we are staying.
If you would like you can see an article that was written about us while we were at the GREEN GIANT at this web site;
http://www.faribaultcountyregister.com/page/content.detail/id/502124/Seeing-double--or-triple---or-more---motorhomes-from-Alaska.html?nav=5001
We are to have sourdough pancakes in the morning

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Whitehorse, YT.

Today was a driving day, we saw NO wild animals on this section of road. The landscape is still spectacular. We Ate at a place called Klondike Rib & Salmon BBQ. They serve Caribou, Muskox, bison along with other fresh fish. Good meal. Then we went to the 'Frantic Follies' a vaudeville revue. They picked out a lady from the audience to tease, she happened to be from Brighton, Mi. I talked to her and her husband, as it turns out He was raised in Quincy and she in Allen. The now are full time RV'ers. Alaska in summer and Az. in Winter. His father was a mailman i Quincy and her father was postmaster in Allen. The picture of the Moose was from yesterday and you won't believe where we camped last night. You have been by Wallmart parking lots with campers in them, well that was us last night.

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