A great visit to the Ice Museum starts our day. We learn about the ice sculpture displays and see how hundreds of 3′ by 3′ ice blocks are harvested from the rivers for the event. Artists build fantastic sculptures using all manner of tools from air chisels to clothing irons. The first things carved are […]
Read More →August 6th a very wet cloudy day, which we spent traveling from Kenai (not much to see) to a nice free campsite an hour away from Denali. Up very early so we could make it to Denali in time for the first sled dog team exhibit. Well worth it, the dogs were friendly, excited, and […]
Read More →Other than the inconsiderate RVer running his genny all night, we spent a pleasant night at the Fred Meyers making use of the free sani dump and fresh water before heading to Kenai. We stop at the wildlife viewing center, but once again there is not much to see. The tourist info center is filled […]
Read More →Had a great stay at the boondocking site in Moose Bay. Today we are heading to Homer then hopefully staying the night at an RV site to do some cleaning and laundry. We arrived in Homer just after lunch so we dined at a cute truck cafe. I had deep fried rockfish with fries, Jackie […]
Read More →Today’s destination is Seward. Along the way, we stop at Moose Pass to check out the water wheel and sharpen my knife, as well as view more salmon spawning. Just before lunch we enjoy a hike to the Exit Glacier observation point at Kenai Fjords National Park. A nice day for a hike, but so […]
Read More →Another lousy night’s sleep after choosing to sleep in a pull off next to the highway. Our first stop of the day is a cruise with Grayline to Portage Glacier. The weather is fantastic with great views of the glacier right down to the water. We handle and taste glacier ice. There are lots of […]
Read More →Another busy night at Cabela’s, up early then off to the ulu knife factory. Ulu knives were originally designed for Eskimo women to scrape hides, as well as cut meat and vegetables, but now they are very popular for cutting all kinds of things. After finishing our tour of the ulu knife factory we walk […]
Read More →We had a great visit at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Guides show us native games and sports, as well as songs and dances. Lots of drumming and use of hand fans or gloves, but very little movement. Regalia is very low key compared to BC indigenous regalia and dance. Lots of handicraft, art and […]
Read More →Today we drive up Hatcher Pass in the mist to Independence Mines Historical Site, one of Alaska’s largest gold mining sites. While the gold mining buildings are in ruin (collapsed due to snow load), the bunkhouse, cookhouse, and mechanical/woodwork buildings have been restored. We can see into the cold mine shaft and the ore cars […]
Read More →Picked a poor spot to stay last night, the sounds of the seals were cool, but, who knew so many people would go down our 2 mile stretch of road to work at the pipe line between 4-6am. So a very poor sleep, but we did get an early start to our day. We can […]
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