Alaska
For the most part we had gorgeous weather during our trip. We were assured that this was very unusual, but since we had no other experience, we assumed that the few drizzly days were aberations. ;-)
| Aug 5 | Gustavus, Bear Track Inn | Alaska Airlines SFO-SEA-JNU-GST -- a few hours in Juneau -- evening in Gustavus | |
| Aug 6 | Glacier Bay National Park, hiking around the lodge | ||
| Aug 7 | Glacier Bay National Park, Sea Wolf |
Bartlett Cove -- Reid Glacier (humpback whales) | GB1 |
| Aug 8 | Johns Hopkins Glacier -- Margerie & Grand Pacific Glaciers -- North Sandy Cove (up close black bear) | ||
| Aug 9 | outside Beartrack Cove (many breaching whales) -- Dundas Bay (fishing for Dolly Varden) | ||
| Aug 10 | out of park, around the Inian Islands (orca, sea lions) -- Idaho Inlet (sea otters) | ||
| Aug 11 | Icy Strait (kayaking with the humpbacks) -- Bartlett Cove | ||
| Aug 12 | Haines, Hotel Hälsingland | Small plane to Haines, Rafting on Chilkat River (many bald eagles) | Chilkat |
| Aug 13 | Juneau, Silverbow | Same small plane to Juneau, Wandering in Juneau (up the tram) | |
| Aug 14 | Anchorage, Anchor Inn | Juneau's Alaska State Museum, Alaska Airlines JNU-ANC, Anchorage's Public Lands Office | Anchorage |
| Aug 15 | Museum of History & Art | ||
| Aug 16 | Denali National Park, Kantishna Roadhouse |
Flight-see past Mount McKinley, Denali National Park | Denali |
| Aug 17 | Long hike, warm lodge | ||
| Aug 18 | Horseback ride, cycling from Reflection Pond (two caribou, one cow moose) | ||
| Aug 19 | Denali, bus trip out -- wildlife viewing (many caribou, two cow moose, a family of ptarmigan, many dall sheep, two grizzlies) | ||
| Aug 20 | Sleep in! Cycle the Anchorage coastal trail and XXX Creek Trail (beluga, sand hill cranes, one cow moose) |
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