We made such good time driving the Cassiar Highway (37) from Watson Lake, YT, down to the Meziadin junction that we determined we could stop in to pay one last farewell to Alaska before getting too far out of range. Bears on the Cassiar! The drive into the Stewart/Hyder area is gorgeous and I'm fairly …
Check back soon for updated pictures The drive into Valdez is absolutely amazing. Mountains, glaciers, canyons, waterfalls... gorgeous. Valdez itself... David Lynch. It somehow manages to showcase life, death and everything in-between all at the same time with some of the most amazing oil painted vistas as a backdrop. Camping We began our stay by …
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. Saint Augustine Tomorrow we will pack away the stragling items …
We left off from Soldatna on the 24th like planned... but a bit later than anticipated. There is this thing about fishing... it's a leisure activity that requires a TON of work. The day is not done when the fisherman gets his fish. There is processing the fish in addition to getting all the equipment …
Onward to Soldotna!! We have people to see!! Our first night was in the glamourous parking lot of a Fred Meyers (similar to Walmart, but classier). Amazing how well Sarah sleeps with the white noise of a generator in her ear. The next day was filled with oil changes, laundry and dreams of chest waders. …
We left our beach view and headed back north to Ninilchik, where we saw the boats being launched by tractors last week. We stopped by the beach again, but there were no boats going in or out. As we left, we did spy a moose! We made a few other side stops before landing at …
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