Wild Roses By The Sea B&B Retreat Valdez

Friday, August 21 - Valdez, AK Day 3 of 3<br><br>With no scheduled activities for the day, and Art still recuperating from a nasty cold, we rested in the coach most of the day.<br><br>We took a short ride around the town of Valdez around 5:00 to blow the cobwebs off. Last night on our way into the campground, I noticed their beautiful flowers and wanted to get some photos of them. We also visited a salmon spawning viewpoint and several shops.

Everyone talks about how beautiful Valdez and Prince William Sound are. So, we took the car on a day trip, 83 miles south on the Ric******* Highway. Unfortunately, the rain is continuing, the streams are rising, and we still cannot see the mountains behind the low clouds.<br><br>We stopped at Worthington Glacier, but you could barely see it. At Keystone Canyon we saw the unfinished railroad tunnel, and two large ...

... road. Life is never dull here. It has been in the 50's most of the week. I have gone from capris to long pants and a sweatshirt. Les of course is still in his shorts and tee shirt. He has only worn long pants twice and that was when we went fishing and then on the glacier tour. He is a lot tougher than I am, or just won't give up on the shorts. Maybe we will get to go fishing tomorrow. if not, we will just stay here as long as necessary. Life is beautiful. Love to all Diane

We are still here and will probably will be here for 10 days or so. I told you that when we arrived, the rv office received a call from the boat "Circus-Circus" which is the name of our friend's boat. Well they ended up not getting back into shore until about 2:00am. They had to be towed in and then they had caught some halibut so they had to clean them first before calling it a day ...

We left Glenallen bright and early Monday morning. The four prominent peaks of the majestic Wrangell Mountains are to the east (Mounts Sanford, Drum, Wrangell and Blackburn). I had heard on the local radio station the night before that all the peaks were visible and if we wanted to see them, we should get right out there to look at this magnificent sight. They had been hidden for days from smoke and clouds. I took a ...

The drive from Glennallen to Valdez was very beautiful. We are in a huge RV park, Eagles Rest. On the way down we saw many beautiful water falls and the Worthington Glacier. It is overcast but not raining. We walked along the harbor and saw alot of fishing boats. We saw some huge halibut hanging so went over to ...

College Fjord - Back to College Fjord this morning, but only from 6 to 7 in the morning. Mum and dad both saw the glaciers calving, but I slept in and missed it....I got pictures of us sailing away from the glaciers though! It sounds like thunder when the pieces fall. The natives call it "white thunder". After that, it ...

The blue skies were once again gone and gray clouds took their place. Although the skies were gray the rain stayed away. We took the day to wander to other parts of Valdez. Our travels took us to the Valdez Glacier and the lake formed by it. The glacier at one time was down by the old town of Valdez. It is now miles away ...

... booked five slots and paid the deposit, then sent a second email booking the other slot" Dave says, " I cannot take you all and you only booked for 5"" The spokesman had another attempt but backed off when Dave repeated the same statement adding, he would love to take everyone but his licence only allows him to take six people. The group went into discussion and one female of the group chose to drop out. (maybe the wrong one as you find out later) Great relief according ...

... trip and this left Karon a girl alone day (I guess she might argue she deserves it after 51 days of "Caring for the aged and at times senile fellas" We paid our fees for the park ( we are here for 2 nights to fit the fishing trip in) and were informed about a fish bake for dinner tonight. Of course we had to ask for clarification as to what that meant! And it is a pot luck meal, take along a dish, your plates and cutlery and drinks and they ...