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Flying Low

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Barry

This will be a short blog after a longish day. We headed south this morning after two nights in our cell.   We knew there were plenty of roadworks on the main (only) road down to anchorage so we figured … Continue reading →

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Denali

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Barry

We survived the night in our cell / cabin and were up at 6AM. No breakfast around here at that time of day, so we ate a nutritious chocolate chip muffin each! Today was the day for a bus tour … Continue reading →

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Southbound

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Barry

We had breakfast and packed up the car, then walked downtown to visit a couple more places before we left. One of the places was the Visitors and Cultural Centre which had some interesting exhibits of the different cultures of … Continue reading →

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A Day of Rest (from driving)

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Barry

Last night I woke up around 2AM, which is effectively the middle of the night. Sunset was at 1230AM and Sunrise at 330AM. The picture below was taken midway between the two.   We both felt we needed a break … Continue reading →

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Close Encounters of ….. A Moose Kind

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Barry

The further north we go, the brighter it is in the evening. Luckily most of the places we stay at have blackout blinds, so we are able to sleep OK. We had a good continental breakfast at the B&B and … Continue reading →

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We got it all!

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Barry

After breakfast we headed out towards Glennallen, a trip of around 200 miles to the east of where we stayed. Our first stop was Thunderbird Falls. This was a 2 mile hike up and down hill to get to the … Continue reading →

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Heading North

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Barry

Murphy remains alive and well with a twisted sense of humour. After two days of rain it is time to leave Seward, so of course we wake up to clear blue skies and bright sunshine! After the food of the … Continue reading →

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They get Everywhere

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Barry

The rain continued over night, but but let up for a while until after breakfast. For breakfast we tried the local reindeer sausage. Hope that doesn’t put me on the “no present” list. There was no real distinguishing flavour, may … Continue reading →

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Wet Land

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Barry

Woke up to a dreary morning and headed out toward Seward via Walmart –I needed a screwdriver repair kit for my glasses! From there we headed south, and stopped at a wildlife area called Potter Marsh. This area had about … Continue reading →

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Dry Land

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Barry

We had to be up at 06:30 this morning to get ready, eat and meat our travel group at 07:35. We thought we would finish up meeting at 07;35 then “hurry up and wait” for the next hour or so. … Continue reading →

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