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    Exit Glacier and Talkeetna

    Our day began in Seward, Alaska.  Seward is a popular fishing village where many restaurants will cook the fish that you catch.  Fishing wasn’t on our agenda, but it sounded fun anyway. The main reason we stayed in Seward was so we could go to Exit Glacier. Erin and I are snapping pics at the glacier.  Photo by Ryan. Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park See me? You can normally hike to the “toe” of the glacier, but it was closed due to flooding. The incredible shrinking glacier….. View of Mt McKinley on the way to Talkeetna. Tonight we are staying in Talkeetna.  Talkeetna is the real city on…

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    Girdwood, Portage Glacier, and Whittier, Alaska

    Another great day in Alaska.  The weather has been much better than expected, which is unusual for Alaska.  Here is today…. We started out in Anchorage and had a repeat breakfast at the Snow City Cafe.  Our waiter told me I was honored to get the coveted “Pug Mug.”  The cafe has all different kind of coffee mugs. After breakfast, we started driving toward Seward.  We didn’t make it far, only to a lookout point.  These cool rocks surrounded the parking lot. Next stop–Girdwood. We went on the Aleyeska Tramway at the Aleyeska Resort.  The tram climbs a 2000′ vertical.  Atop the mountain, there is 1000 inches of snow annually…

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    Anchorage, Alaska

    Greetings from the 49th State.  Ryan and I flew up to Alaska on Monday afternoon.  We were greeted in Anchorage by the lovely Erin Paull!  She helped us start our vacation off right with a late dinner and a good night’s sleep. Tuesday morning, we had breakfast at Snow City Cafe and took a walk around downtown Anchorage.  I think I look pretty good on this moose. These salmon sculptures are around the city Fur store One thing that really surprised me was the amount of flowers in Anchorage (or Alaska for that matter).  Erin said the flowers are plentiful because the growing season is so short, but there is…