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Alaska Sojourn: Exit Glacier and the Whittier Tunnel

We woke up on Monday to grey skies in Seward, Alaska. It was a bit of a disappointment after the fabulous blue skies of yesterday, but blue skies don’t last forever. We would make the most of this day no matter the weather. Our plan was to drive back to Anchorage, our last stop on this sojourn. Before we left Seward, however, we planned to visit Exit Glacier which was the basis for the name of our accommodation, Exit Glacier…

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Alaska Sojourn: A Great Day Sailing the Alaskan Fjords

The sun was shining brightly as we got up Sunday morning. We had not anticipated that as the previous day had been quite cloudy. The blue skies seemed a good omen for our day on the water. Today we would take a six hour boat ride through the fjords out of Seward and see parts of the Kenai Fjords National Park. In this post be prepared for lots of photos as I took nearly 500 photos on our tour. There…

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Alaska Sojourn: The Snow Clad Mountains to Seward

Saturday was a transition day. We would be leaving the interior of Alaska and traveling south to Seward on the Kenai Peninsula. This would be another long day of driving for us. After packing up our stuff and getting it all in the car, we left for the first stop on our journey south, the tourist town of Talkeetna. The town is actual quite close to where we were staying as the crow flies. Unfortunately the Susitna River separates the…

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