Tag Archives: Alaska

SEARCHING FOR SILVER SALMON

We are back in Seward at the J-Dock with minutes to spare. Optimists, we are hauling our big new cooler along in the event we get our limit. Our excursion partners are two friends traveling together from the West Coast, … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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INTO THE KENAI

With our time in Alaska already half-spent, we are heading south from Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula.  Although we’ve been told we should, we will not be going all the way to Homer and its tempting Spit.  I am disappointed, … Continue reading

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CLAIRE – NO SMALL ADVENTURE

I was happy to see a large bookstore almost immediately after we arrived in Anchorage.  I needed something to read.  I like to visit bookstores wherever we are, because there is always treasure.  (Earlier this summer, the treasure was a … Continue reading

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ROAD RETURNING

It is the first time that we exit and go south from Denali National Park.  We have arranged for a late arrival in Anchorage, but it is already far into the afternoon.  We are both pensive, thinking of what might … Continue reading

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