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After our 8 hour land tour, we just had to get a look around the island from a captain’s perspective. The seemingly endless bounty coming out of the Pacific ocean is the bread and butter of this community. Almost everyone[…]
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Although we have driven for most of this road trip, we hopped on an Alaskan Airlines flight out of Anchorage to head to Kodiak Island, the “emerald isle” and second largest island in the United States. This post with pictures[…]
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We took another day trip from Anchorage down the Seward Highway to Girdwood. On the way, we passed the Bird Ridge Trailhead and Bird Creek. There is a bike path called the Bird to Gird that is 12 miles long[…]
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The words “midnight” and “sun” don’t even sound like they go together. Surprisingly, they are used frequently up here in Alaska, referring to the long hours of daylight during the summer months. I really had no idea what that meant[…]
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Most Anchorage visitors are generally passing through, either before or after a one way cruise. Many cruisers add a night in a hotel so they can see a tiny bit of Alaska’s largest city. The hotels are primarily located in[…]
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We set out from Anchorage to ride the tram at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood and ended up going to Whittier instead. Why? There were too many clouds and we definitely would not have a view from the top of[…]
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Not an exit, but a road. We decided to drive down Exit Glacier Road to see a couple attractions. At the end of the road, we parked with all the other cars and took a hike. The Park Rangers were[…]
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We have not seen any signs of creatures while driving around Seward. We’ve driven 6 miles back and forth into town every day and we drove out to the Exit Glacier. No deer, moose, or bears. Luckily, we went out[…]
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Seward is known for murals that are displayed on the walls of buildings, old and new. The Seward Mural Society prints a card with a map so you can walk up and down the streets of downtown and admire the[…]
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The 120 mile drive from Ninilchik to Seward was breathtaking. The two lane road snaked through the turns in the valley and we could see mountains on both sides of the road. The different colors of vegetation represent how long[…]
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