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Valdez Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Valdez, United States
Prince William Sound
... done very little on board these last two days, but the rest was appreciated. It was in Prince William Sound where the Exxon Valdez hit a reef and spilled 11 million gallons of oil and did untold damage to the wildlife. In the afternoon they stopped ...
Seaward-Valdez, Alaska
... the part of the road back from Kenai Penincula to catch the ferry over Princ William Sound to another fishing village called Valdez. The weather was still mostly bad but finally closer we were to Valdez the weather turned much better. We stayed in ...
Valdez, Alaska, United States
... still recuperating from a nasty cold, we rested in the coach most of the day. 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 ...
Valdez, AK, United States
... with the promised sights. They were awesome! We experienced Alaska's wilderness, Prince William Sound's majestic glaciers, Valdez's busy harbor and the terminus of the world famous TransAlaska Oil Pipe Line. Captain Fred Rodolf shared ...
Day 8: Worthington Glacier and Valdez
... home, and now here I am on top of a glacier in Alaska. After a few hours of hiking and climbing on ice, we returned to Valdez late afternoon. After having an early dinner at a local fast food place we walked around for a while, but on one hand it was ...
Valdez, Alaska, United States
Wednesday, August 19 - Valdez, AK - Day 1 of 3 We traveled from Palmer to Valdez, AK today on the Glenn and Richardson Highways. This was no ordinary travel day with scenes unlike any we have encountered yet. I'll let the many pictures and videos ...
Glennallen to Valdez
... so that was our first stop. They have quite a few ranger talks and walks each day, and we plan to do this after Valdez. Students were working on a fishwheel exhibit. Many people told us the drive to Valdez was their favorite, and we can certainly ...
The Sea of Icebergs - Day 9
... . There were warnings off rough seas with large swells. It was a bit rocky but not too bad. Safe and sound back at shore in Valdez we headed for showers at a petrol station for $8 each. They were really nice and used by campground guest next door. Feeling ...
Valdez - July 16-22
... The Harbor Café—shrimp & halibut baskets (not very good; heavy coating and cooked too much—good coated fries). Drove Valdez Glacier Road to end; could see only the toe that comes down to the water. Good view of the higher Camicia ...
Week One.
Coming to you from the Valdez Library on a cold, raw and wet Thursday afternoon. Things have finally started to settle down here after arriving last Wednesday. I was in Anchorage from Wednesday until Saturday, ...
Back to Shoup and Trip to Naked Island
... Other than that, nothing much is new. Supposedly the first salmon run is coming through Valdez in a couple of days, which will be a nice relief from jigging down 100 feet for Halibut and Rockfish. I think it ...
And im off
I am off. Well in 8 hours i will be. Hopefully I can keep this updated. Check back soon! ...
Day Trip to Valdez
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 Richardson Highway. Unfortunately, the rain is continuing, the streams are rising, and we still cannot see the mountains ...
Bear Paw RV Campground
Went on a Glacier and wildlife Cruise to the Columbia and Mears Glacier. Also checked out a salmon spawning area. After the fish lay there eggs the fish dies. The pictures don't do the scenery justice. Ray and ...
Update....
Hey Everyone, Sorry It's been so long. It's hard to get on to the internet sometimes. We're back in Valdez. We had planned to go Kayaking today, BUT because yesterday was so rough at sea we had to potpone the show from last night to tonight. AND When ...
Cruise on Prince William Sound
... only 20 people on the cruise that day so we didn't have to jockey for positions to get photos. Most people remember Valdez because of the tanker Exxon-Valdez hitting a reef about 25 miles out & causing the largest oil spill in Nth America ...
Valdez, Alaska
... after the other. For many Alaskans, this "subsistence harvesting" of fish is essential for their livelihood. The drive into Valdez was breathtaking, as we passed through alpine elevations at Thompson Pass, stopped at Worthington Glacier to see it up ...
Tok to Valdez
... mountain here was Mt. Sanford at over 16,000 feet. Now that is bigger than any mountain in the lower 48. The final 50 miles to Valdez was unbelievable. Just like you imagine an Alaska scene, only better in real life. Soon, we were in a land of 10,000 + ...
Beauty of the Richardson Highway - Day 8
... and we stopped off at a couple of places to take photos before heading on to the Richardson Highway. Travelling down to Valdez we saw the pipeline and also stopped in at the Wrangell-St Elias National Park Visitor Center. Heidi and I halved a 'World ...
Chasing the Chill
... to put my plans into action, so im now on a bus heading south to the port of Whitter to catch a ferry across to Valdez, a small fishing town that is referred to as "Little Switzerland". Because well i guess it looks like Switzerland, only it has access ...
Quelle journée/ What a beautifull day
Salut tout le monde. Il est 10.15 PM and nous venons tout juste de nous installer à Valdez, directement dans un parking sur le port. Il ont un réseau WiFi et c'est tout ce qui compte. Quel voyage. Féérique. Des images plein la tête. Et des glaciers ...
Swimming, Boat Adventure and New Volunteers
... ; Joe and I tried to find the salmon on Thursday afternoon out towards Port Valdez. Heading out in the small inflatable we were getting a little wet, but considering neither of us have had any luck, with ...
Valdez
Unsere Fahrt führt über den Thompson Pass (noch 4 Grad - brrrr) nach Valdez am Prince William ...
On the road to Valdez, AK
... mountain tops. Our journey to Valdez was almost complete. We arrived at our hotel, "The Best Western" located on the Valdez harbor. You wouldn't believe all the fishing boats in the harbor, unloading their "sea food catch" of the ...
It's as beautiful as they say...
... on a six day kayak adventure. "I'd love to do that," I told her. "But I have my dog with me." As the ferry docked in Valdez (pronounced Val-DEEZ not val-DES),I found out she had only her backpack and no way to get anywhere and offered to drop her at the ...
Valdez
... the next day there is a second squirrel! (or maybe it was the same one). We find the Worthington Glacier just before we get to Valdez. One can walk right up to it (even on it) and it is FREE! Later we visit the Exit and Byron Glaciers - more pictures ...
Hatching Chicks and Fishing
... the chicks hatching at a rapid rate, I did manage to sneak away out to the glacier moraine that separates the bay from Port Valdez. Amazingly I finally was able to catch something that resembled a fish. Joe and I went out the next night, and ...
Valdez
... to the store with Pat, and wrote a few postcards, we got on board the Glacier Spirit for a noon departure. We toured the Valdez harbor and Prince William Sound for more than six hours. Despite the clouds and occasional rain we had a marvelous time. We ...
An Alaskan Silver lining
... (we could hardly even see the yellow centre lines on the road 5 metres in front of us), we eventually arrived at Valdez and booked ourselves into a charter for the following morning. An early night followed and at 5am the following morning, we jumped ...