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Alaska Epilog

Great time in Alaska and Canada.  Now all that remains is our trip home.  Our flight was scheduled for 8:20am, so we had to be up and out early, really early.  That meant setting the alarm clock for 4:00am so that we could be taxi bound for the airport no later than 5:15am.  Although we […]

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Haines, Alaska, August 8, 2018

Rainy, windy, cool; these adjectives describe the weather in Haines today.  Oh, and did I mention cloudy?  Clouds hang low over the mountains obscuring the peaks.  Welcome to Haines. We had no set plans today.  We took our time this morning and decided to walk into the newer part of town.  Bundled in warm clothes […]

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Glacier Bay, Alaska, August 7, 2018

If you are visiting Alaska a trip into Glacier Bay is a once in a lifetime experience.  We stopped to pick up a park ranger (Glacier Bay is a national park) around 8am.  She narrated our trip into the bay, pointing out interesting things along the way.  “Look, at 2 o’clock, there are some mountain […]

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