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Good morning, my friends. I'm trusting everyone still has all the fingers of both hands. You were careful while handling fireworks yesterday, weren't you? If there were fireworks in Anchorage, we missed them. And what's the use when the sky is light until well past midnight? It was quiet in the RV park last night...mostly.

We spent our yesterday hiking the Eklutna Lakeside Trail, a part of Chugach State Park. We'd originally planned to spend two nights in the state park, camping in the campground. With it being the Fourth of July weekend, we found ...

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Good morning, my friends. I'm trusting everyone still has all the fingers of both hands. You were careful while handling fireworks yesterday, weren't you? If there were fireworks in Anchorage, we missed them. And what's the use when the sky is light until well past midnight? It was quiet in the RV park last night...mostly.

We spent our yesterday hiking the Eklutna Lakeside Trail, a part of Chugach State Park. We'd originally planned to spend two nights in the state park, camping in the campground. With it being the Fourth of July weekend, we found ...

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Good morning, my friends, and Happy Fourth of July to all who celebrate. We find ourselves in Anchorage this morning.

We had about 150 miles to drive yesterday. We're backtracking over roads we've already traveled. We skipped by Anchorage on our way south. We wanted to see Seward and Homer before the Fourth. Apparently, fisher people show up in droves over the holiday, and we hoped to avoid that. Both places were already crowded, and so I'm glad we missed the worst of it.

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Good morning, my friends, and Happy Fourth of July to all who celebrate. We find ourselves in Anchorage this morning.

We had about 150 miles to drive yesterday. We're backtracking over roads we've already traveled. We skipped by Anchorage on our way south. We wanted to see Seward and Homer before the Fourth. Apparently, fisher people show up in droves over the holiday, and we hoped to avoid that. Both places were already crowded, and so I'm glad we missed the worst of it.

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Good morning, my friends. We'll move on to Anchorage this morning. We have a five-night stay there. It'll be our longest stop of the whole trip. There are some things to see in Anchorage, and we'll also take at least one day trip while we're there.

Getting back to yesterday's activities, we visited the Soldotna Homestead Museum. I'm including all of the informational signs about these cabins we're about to see. I'm not much of a sign reader, myself. You can read them or not. Mike reads all the signs and then ...

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Good morning, my friends. We'll move on to Anchorage this morning. We have a five-night stay there. It'll be our longest stop of the whole trip. There are some things to see in Anchorage, and we'll also take at least one day trip while we're there.

Getting back to yesterday's activities, we visited the Soldotna Homestead Museum. I'm including all of the informational signs about these cabins we're about to see. I'm not much of a sign reader, myself. You can read them or not. Mike reads all the signs and then ...

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 Good morning, my friends. Just after posting yesterday, I stepped outside for a few minutes. While I was out, I heard the distinctive call of a bald eagle. Taking a look around...holy-moly!...there were two perched on a roof not 50 yards away. So I grabbed my camera with the telephoto lens and captured this image. We've seen a few bald eagles on our trip, but this was the first time we got a really good look at them.

Our goal for the day was to hike a couple of trails I'd bookmarked. When we visited the ...

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 Good morning, my friends. Just after posting yesterday, I stepped outside for a few minutes. While I was out, I heard the distinctive call of a bald eagle. Taking a look around...holy-moly!...there were two perched on a roof not 50 yards away. So I grabbed my camera with the telephoto lens and captured this image. We've seen a few bald eagles on our trip, but this was the first time we got a really good look at them.

Our goal for the day was to hike a couple of trails I'd bookmarked. When we visited the ...

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Good morning, my friends. It was a beautiful sunny day in Homer yesterday. It was nice to see the sun after so many days of rain. I showed you the view from our back window in a previous post. Looking in one direction, it looks like this:

Turning to look in the opposite direction, it looks like this:

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Good morning, my friends. It was a beautiful sunny day in Homer yesterday. It was nice to see the sun after so many days of rain. I showed you the view from our back window in a previous post. Looking in one direction, it looks like this:

Turning to look in the opposite direction, it looks like this:

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Good morning, my friends. We'll say good-bye to Seward this morning and make our way to Homer. We'll have four days in Homer before we backtrack along the roads we came in on. After Homer, we'll spend a couple of nights in Soldotna before making our way to Anchorage. This section of our trip has the most number of days in single spots. 

The weather could be more cooperative, but it hasn't prevented us from doing anything we really wanted to do. Also, no one has died, and so we consider that good fortune. (I really ...

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Good morning, my friends. We'll say good-bye to Seward this morning and make our way to Homer. We'll have four days in Homer before we backtrack along the roads we came in on. After Homer, we'll spend a couple of nights in Soldotna before making our way to Anchorage. This section of our trip has the most number of days in single spots. 

The weather could be more cooperative, but it hasn't prevented us from doing anything we really wanted to do. Also, no one has died, and so we consider that good fortune. (I really ...

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Good afternoon, my friends. I told you I was taking tomorrow off from blogging because we have an early boat to catch. Still, I wanted to tell you about the stuff we did today while it's still fresh in my mind. 

We started by driving into town to visit the Kenai Fjords National Park visitor center. I was able to pick up a refrigerator magnet there. On down the road, we would visit the Exit Glacier Area.

Along the way, we pulled out at this spot where we could get a good look at the Exit Glacier.

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Good afternoon, my friends. I told you I was taking tomorrow off from blogging because we have an early boat to catch. Still, I wanted to tell you about the stuff we did today while it's still fresh in my mind. 

We started by driving into town to visit the Kenai Fjords National Park visitor center. I was able to pick up a refrigerator magnet there. On down the road, we would visit the Exit Glacier Area.

Along the way, we pulled out at this spot where we could get a good look at the Exit Glacier.

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Good morning, my friends. We had a short drive to Seward yesterday. We were going to be early for our check-in, and so we'd planned a few stops along the way. Our first stop was here at Lower Summit Lake. Looking across...an idyllic setting. It's probably less inviting in winter.

Here's what our Milepost had to say about this spot. 

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Good morning, my friends. We had a short drive to Seward yesterday. We were going to be early for our check-in, and so we'd planned a few stops along the way. Our first stop was here at Lower Summit Lake. Looking across...an idyllic setting. It's probably less inviting in winter.

Here's what our Milepost had to say about this spot. 

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Good morning, my friends. It was one of our longer days of driving yesterday. We had gray skies almost all day long with very brief sunbreaks. Somehow I was expecting more when we reached Hope, but it is what it is. I have lots to tell you about our drive yesterday, so let's just get right to it.

Right away after pulling out of the campground, we crossed over Kashwitna Lake. 

Here's what our Milepost says about it. Denali was not visible.

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Good morning, my friends. It was one of our longer days of driving yesterday. We had gray skies almost all day long with very brief sunbreaks. Somehow I was expecting more when we reached Hope, but it is what it is. I have lots to tell you about our drive yesterday, so let's just get right to it.

Right away after pulling out of the campground, we crossed over Kashwitna Lake. 

Here's what our Milepost says about it. Denali was not visible.

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Good morning, my friends. We'll be moving on to Hope, Alaska, this morning. It's one of our longer drives of the trip. We'll pass by Anchorage for the time being, heading down to Hope, Seward, and Homer, before making our way back to Anchorage. 

For now, let's talk about Talkeetna, which was our reason for being in this area. Remember the little quilt I showed you in the quilt shop post yesterday?

Well...there's the sign!

We first passed by Nagley's Store. This is where the mayor lives. We stopped in both coming and ...

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Good morning, my friends. We'll be moving on to Hope, Alaska, this morning. It's one of our longer drives of the trip. We'll pass by Anchorage for the time being, heading down to Hope, Seward, and Homer, before making our way back to Anchorage. 

For now, let's talk about Talkeetna, which was our reason for being in this area. Remember the little quilt I showed you in the quilt shop post yesterday?

Well...there's the sign!

We first passed by Nagley's Store. This is where the mayor lives. We stopped in both coming and ...

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