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Travel Blogs from Anchorage
Footsore and Weary
... number of planes moored in Lake Hood, which is one of the busiest seaplane ports in the world.
Once the tour was finished, I got myself a map and found my way to the Anchorage museum. My main interest was the Alaska History exhibit, which was wonderful and very informative. There was also a photographic display of the several attempts to climb Mt McKinley. This was accompanied by some examples of the eqipment used ...
Looking Back.......
... land, their history and their environment, hiked up a small mountain, heard the cries of Bald Eagles, battled with mosquitoes, got a suntan, and, most of all, fallen in love with it all.
I have spent almost four weeks exploring this world, have seen and done a huge amount in that time and yet have barely scraped the surface. Alaskans I have talked to have said that they themselves have barely seen fraction of what Alaska is - in fact ...
A Long and Winding Road
... may or may not be spelled correctly) and size the helmets. The enthusiasm seemed a little forced, but I'm sure that will improve as they have time on the job. Part of the training is clearly, be friendly and ask people where they are from.Our guides were Joe (experienced) and Brian (our trainee). Apparently they camp on site, which is hard to imagine with this weather. While we had a beautiful day for the hike, there has been a lot of rain and I ...
USA Mega Tour- Alaska
... vodka’s and a small can of sprite all down in less than the time it took the waitress to serve the next row of 6 people, less than an hour later, 3 double vodka’s and a small can of Sprite, downed in less than 15 minutes. crikey, he better not be sick! this was proceeded by another 2 double vodka’s. Wobble wobble to the toilet and back. Luckily he fell asleep for the last hour interestingly taking off his seat belt just before we landed, oh jeez! ...
The Tide is In - The Tide is Out
... might take us there either has no trespassing signs or doesn’t get you there. We finally found it – it’s the road to the boat landing. This is some boat landing. The tide was out when we were there and there was no possibility for putting in a boat for quite awhile. There was a line of fisherman out on the tidal flats. Some of them were a ways out there. I’m not sure how fast they can move when the tide ...