I'm just back from beautiful Alaska

[perdidobay]

DH and I had a great trip The scenery was breathtaking, people freindly and weather great! We took a flightseeing trip around Mt McKinley, and although we couldn't land on a glacier as planned due to clouds around the landing site, we had a great view of the mountain. We hiked on a glacier ( Matanuska glacier). We took an 11 hour shuttle tour into Denali NP. On this tour we saw 15 grizzly bears (several with cubs) 13 dall sheep, 16 caribou, including one that ran onto the road ahead of us to run off a group of dall sheep he didn't like. We also saw several moose moms with young. Mt McKinley was "out" this day too.
We took an all day cruise tour from Seward and saw whales and puffins and sea lions and sea otters. I got to pet tons of cute sled dogs ( I want a huskie now )
Ate LOTS of Salmon and halibut and deserts with local berries. At night it didn't get dark until after midnight and the sun was up by 5am. It took me awhile to get used to that!
There are two seasons in Alaska, winter and road construction.
I'm glad we stopped at Walmart in Anchorage before we hit the road to buy bottled water and snack food, we ended up eating lunch a few times while waiting at construction sites.
We will definately be going back, next time we plan to go longer and at a slower pace to really "see" it all!

 

[CRB#33]

What a wonderful trip! I would love to do that someday!

Thanks for the report!

 

[binny]

YAY!! Im so glad youre back! I KNEW youd love it!!

Glad you had a good time!


Im so jealous though!

 

[perdidobay]

binny I thought of you several times on the trip. Thanks for all your good advice. I also thought of you the times I read a paper or saw on the news how hot it was were you live
It was a balmy 65 most days in Alaska

 

[binny]

*** I will not smack perdido ***
*** I will not smack perdido ***







Gee thanks


The heat wave finally broke here its only 93 I think here today. MUCH better than 111

Im glad you bought the water ahead of time, could you believe how expensive everything was?
I didnt eat very well when I lived there. Except halibut... I ate a lot of Halibut


So what did you bring me?


LOL

 

[perdidobay]

I guess I deserve to be smacked Gee, 93 is cooler? It's cooler than that here in the sunny south
Yup, Alaska has WDW prices!!!!!!!
I brought you back ..................uh..............uh..........
my sincere thanks for all your trip planning advice
And hey...I brought back a pretty green rock from my glacier hike... you want it?

 

[lynetteSC]

Isn't it just WOWWWY there???? I went with my mom a few years ago. It is the one place (besides WDW, of course) that I would go back again this very minute if possible! It was magnificent. I try to tell the people here about it, and you can't really find the right words to do it justice!

 

[binny]

LOL


Then I can be like Charlie Brown " I got a rock"

BWWAAHHHAAAHHHAAAAA



Im glad you had such a good time


you didnt ummmm drink Glacier water did you?

 

[binny]

BTw now you can appreciate my favourite poem....

The Alaska Highway

Winding in and winding out
fills my mind with serious doubt
as to whether the lout who built this route
was going to Hell or coming out.

 

[perdidobay]

LOL!!!!!!!!
Love the poem.......
and no, I didn't drink glacier water