Anchorage has a green belt, mudflats, trail system and abundant opportunities for wildlife viewing. So, why, on our last full day in Alaska do we choose to spend most of it on a boardwalk close by a major highway? Because that’s where the birds and spawning salmon are. When we enter the parking lot for [...]
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SEWARD
We aren’t on deadline to make Seward, but even so it seems we have made a 2-1/2 hour drive south from Anchorage much longer by stopping to drink in view after view of glacial mountains. The road into town slows just past Bear Creek and Moose Pass, with houses on small tracts behind screens of [...]
TOWARD THE GREAT ONE
The northbound Parks Highway forks left from “1″ into “3″ after crossing into the Mat-Su borough, where we spot our first bull moose calmly munching in a wetland within the interchange. Distances and locations are designated by mile markers, e.g. the “secret” blueberry area was to be found in the vicinity of Mile 200. We [...]
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