Alaska Part 3

A G-e-r-a-t trip so far. I last update the blog while in Dawson City, Yukon Terr., Canada. We toured the largest dredge in North American, which was very interesting. Not much to Dawson City, but the view from the hill top above the city was wonderful.

We left Dawson on Sunday the 5th via the Top of The World (dirt) road. It had rain enough that it was not dusty and yet was not muddy. The views were fantastics. We spent the night in Tok, Alaska at a RV park that held a sourdough pancake toss, trying to get one in 5 gal bucket, if you did you got a free breakfast. I did't, but bought the breakfast so that I could try the raindeer sausage and sourdough pancakes. The sausage was good, but the pancakes, so, so.

On the 6th we drove to Fairbanks, AK and spent two nights. Visited a great museum at the Univ of Alaska, toured an operations gold mine and panned for gold, finding 7 gm of gold flakes, valued at about $21.00. We then stocked up of food at good old Walmart.

On the 8th of July we moved on to the area of Danali National Park, staying at an RV park about 11 mile shy of it. That afternoon we toured a coal powered electric plant and arranged a tour of a coal mine for the next morning. On the 9th we took a 2 1/2 hour tour of the surface coal mine then caught the 2:15 PM 8 hour bus trip into Danali National Part. We were to go 53 mile into the part, but went 63, at the descression of the drive. Saw moose(Mother and calf), grizzle bears(2 mothers and 5 cubs, fox(5 pups playing on road), antalope, wolfs (way off), and no Mt. McKinley.

Left the morning of the 10th left for the Little Sue River to fish, but found that it was closed to fishing. So, on to Anchorage for 2 nights. Wayne's 2nd cousin moved back here while we were traveling here. Her husban just retired from the USAF and they wanted to come back to Anchorage. So, visited with them both days. They took us on a tour of Elmendorf AFB to see the new stelth F-22 fighters and to shop at the PX. We did catch one fish here, at Costco, a 17 lb Halibet, which we shared the cost of with the Sizelive's (Wayne's Cousin) and had fish fry at their house.

Today, 7/12 we attended church at the Bear Mtn Ward in Eagle River, AK and then departed for Seward, AK at about 2 PM. We got her about 5 PM arranged a glacier/salmon dinner tour at the three glacier locations on Tuesday, the 14th. So, tomorrow I will try my first effort at catching fish (Red Salmon). I guess you don't catch them, you snag them as they go up river.

Attache are a couple of pictures from the past couple of weeks.