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Alaska, July 2002

With which we completed our visits to all 50 of the United States of America
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Saturday 6th: Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada
Cardero's restaurant
Sunday 7th; 4th Avenue, Anchorage
Grizzly outside gift shop Signpost Visitor Information Center
Monday 8th; Talkeetna
Alaska Railroad Depot Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge Welcome to Beautiful Downtown Talkeetna Festival
Tuesday 9th; Talkeetna
General Store Salmon and Bear Mush ! Snowmobile Overflying Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge Rivers The Ruth Glacier Little SWitzerland With Tony, our pilot, and Cessna 185 With Cessna 185
Wednesday 10th; Denali
Alaska Railroad train journey north to Denali Relaxing in the hot tub at journey's end
Thursday 11th; Denali
Brand new tour bus, in which we went sixty miles into the six million acre Denali National Park, on part of the ninety mile gravel road. Cow moose grazing at the entrance to the National Park. View down from the Alpenglow restaurant The road up to the Alpenglow restaurant cost $2,000,000 Free shuttle bus Our cabin
Friday 12th; Denali. By bus back to Anchorage. The scenery was not as photogenic as from the railroad.
Saturday 13th; Seward
Seward Highway, heading south from Anchorage. Entering the Kenai Peninsula. Moose Pass. Exit Glacier and the Resurrection River which flows from it. The face of Exit Glacier. The ice appears blue. It is so dense that other colours are absorbed. Exit Glacier melts to form the Resurrection River. Ice floes in the Resurrection River.
Sunday 14th; Seward
Seward small boat harbour with visiting cruise ship in the background. Free children's life-jackets at Seward small boat harbour.
Sunday 14th; Kenai Fiords. Glacier and wildlife cruise
Cruise boat 'Greatland' at Fox Island. Old whale bones at Fox Island. A tidewater glacier melts into the fiord. Ice floes melt within 24 hours in the fiord's waters. Close to the face of the glacier. Catch of the day, from the charter fishing boats.
Monday 15th; Dinner at Seward
View from dinner table in Chinook restaurant.
Tuesday 16th; Anchorage floatplane ride
The ultimate pick-up truck - a Cadillac! Refuelling the Cessna 206 before our flight. Lake Hood is the world's largest float plane base. Downtown Anchorage and the Cook Inlet. The Knik glacier melts into the sea. Rock carried in the glacier. A snow field.
Wednesday 17th; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver skyline from the balcony of a 27th floor suite in the Century Plaza Hotel More Vancouver skyline from a 27th floor suite in the Century Plaza Hotel Yet more Vancouver skyline from balcony of 27th floor suite in Century Plaza Hotel Space centre and museum
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