Monday, June 27, 2022

 Our travels continue. 

We left Alaska after four weeks of traveling. We were in Canada for one night and then drove back into Alaska, where we spent several days in Haines and Skagway. These are Alaskan communities that can only be reached by air, boat or by driving through Canada. We drove to Haines and took a ferry to Skagway. We traveled to the White Pass and up the Klondike Highway. 

This trip has been an interesting blend of wild and settled environments, of European and Indigenous cultures. The Klondike Highway was on the wild side. We are now taking our time moving south through British Columbia. The Cassiar Highway was another immersion in spectacular wilderness.

 




Matanuska Glacier, Alaska



Kathleen Lake in Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada, on our way to Haines, AK



Chilkoot Lake, outside of Haines, AK



Chilkoot Bay, Haines, AK



Totem images around Haines and Skagway











Chilkoot Bay from the Battery Point Trail, south of Haines






Dennis on the Battery Point Trail



Looking up the fjord from our ferry to Skagway



And looking back down the fjord back towards Haines



Giftshop window in Skagway



Scenes along the South Klondike Highway heading into Canada from Skagway.












A young Grizzly Bear walking past our campsite on the South Klondike Highway






Sunrise on Lake Tutshi, South Klondike Highway



Life along the Cassiar Highway



























Cutting hair down by the river



Butterfly


Raven


A gay unicorn swimming in Lake Tyhee, just east of Smithers, BC
 



Wednesday, June 22, 2022

These photos are from our stay in the Anchorage area and the Kenai Peninsula.

The Kenai Penisula is separated from Anchorage by a section of the Cook Inlet called the Turnigan Arm. Anchorage gave us a taste of Alaska big city life, allowing us to grocery shop and do laundry. The Kenai Penisula is a wonderland of mountains, rivers, lakes, seacoasts and marine wildlife. Oh, and lots of Bald Eagles.



Anchorage is known as "The City of Flowers".


The Turnigan Arm


Mike and his friend Smokey


Portage Lake


Dennis at Alyeska Resort, Girdwood


Glacier above our campsite at Williwaw Campground, Portage


Port at Homer


The "Spit" at Homer


Dennis and Sea Otter


Port at Seward


Bald Eagle at our campsite in Seward


The Pinnacles in Resurrection Bay, Seward






Dennis warming up inside on the Resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park Cruise


Glacier at Portage Lake


Stariski Camground in Anchor Point


Wooly Cranesbill and morning dew


Iliamna Volcano on the Cook Inlet


Bald Eagles at Anchor Point Beach






Kenai Lake


Icebergs in lake at Bear Glacier. 
(Note the size of the icebergs compared to the full sized Spruce trees in the foreground.)


Orcas in Resurrection Bay, Seward


Sea Lions in Resurrection Bay


Sea Otter in  Aialik Bay,  Kenai Fjords National Park



Sea ice in Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park








Resurrection Bay, Seward











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