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as our next destination. We have loved our seaside camping, but this area did not disappoint with its beautiful forest and glacier views. We are sad to report that this is Mom's last day with us. It has been so much fun traveling with her and we stuffed as much into the day as possible. We drove into Whittier because the only way to get there is to drive through the train tunnel. This was one of the highlights of Dennis' motorcycle trip and we agreed. Whittier is an odd town. No
t much of a tourist destination, although a Princess ship was in port. Only 182 people live here and almost all are in this high-rise condo
building that looks like it should be in the middle of an Eastern Bloc city. It has a grocery store on the bottom floor, a medical clinic on the 3rd floor, a bed & breakfast on the top floor and a tunnel for the kids to get to school in the winter. We drove nearly every road in town and were done in time to drive back through
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he tunnel 1.5 hours later. We stopped at the visitor center, which was probably the best one we've seen. The exhibits were really interesting and we watched a film o
n glaciers. The screen raised at the end of the movie, the curtains opened and we were looking right at Portage Lake. Coolest theater ever! Our Kenai Fjords glacier cruise was so great that we were inspired to take the 1 hour Portage Glacier cruise. Much smaller scale, but worth it. Barb was treated (and Dennis got to tag along) to a
n early birthday dinner at the Seven Glaciers restaurant at Alyeska. The view from the top of the mountain was wonderful and the dinner was beyond delicious. What a treat! We had a
beautiful 11:11pm sunset for our drive into Anchorage to take Mom to the airport :( Although we tried for days to convince her to extend her vacation, she insisted on sticking to the schedule. In addition to the sunset, we were able to see Mt McKinley 160 miles away, which made for a nice send-off. Did we mention what a great visit we had and that we're sad she left? We did and we are. We hiked to Byron Glacier for our last day here. It was fun to stand on the snowfield at the b
ottom of the glacier. Barb even threw a snowball at Dennis, but her aim is so bad that he was never in danger! Dennis had ordered 5 spice salmon at Alyeska and we were inspired to try our own version. Not nearly as good, but tasty just the same. We still have a freezer full of salmon and halibut but we don't expect to tire of either one terribly soon.
as our next destination. We have loved our seaside camping, but this area did not disappoint with its beautiful forest and glacier views. We are sad to report that this is Mom's last day with us. It has been so much fun traveling with her and we stuffed as much into the day as possible. We drove into Whittier because the only way to get there is to drive through the train tunnel. This was one of the highlights of Dennis' motorcycle trip and we agreed. Whittier is an odd town. No
t much of a tourist destination, although a Princess ship was in port. Only 182 people live here and almost all are in this high-rise condo 
building that looks like it should be in the middle of an Eastern Bloc city. It has a grocery store on the bottom floor, a medical clinic on the 3rd floor, a bed & breakfast on the top floor and a tunnel for the kids to get to school in the winter. We drove nearly every road in town and were done in time to drive back through
t
he tunnel 1.5 hours later. We stopped at the visitor center, which was probably the best one we've seen. The exhibits were really interesting and we watched a film o
n glaciers. The screen raised at the end of the movie, the curtains opened and we were looking right at Portage Lake. Coolest theater ever! Our Kenai Fjords glacier cruise was so great that we were inspired to take the 1 hour Portage Glacier cruise. Much smaller scale, but worth it. Barb was treated (and Dennis got to tag along) to a
n early birthday dinner at the Seven Glaciers restaurant at Alyeska. The view from the top of the mountain was wonderful and the dinner was beyond delicious. What a treat! We had a
beautiful 11:11pm sunset for our drive into Anchorage to take Mom to the airport :( Although we tried for days to convince her to extend her vacation, she insisted on sticking to the schedule. In addition to the sunset, we were able to see Mt McKinley 160 miles away, which made for a nice send-off. Did we mention what a great visit we had and that we're sad she left? We did and we are. We hiked to Byron Glacier for our last day here. It was fun to stand on the snowfield at the b
ottom of the glacier. Barb even threw a snowball at Dennis, but her aim is so bad that he was never in danger! Dennis had ordered 5 spice salmon at Alyeska and we were inspired to try our own version. Not nearly as good, but tasty just the same. We still have a freezer full of salmon and halibut but we don't expect to tire of either one terribly soon.
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