Got up at 4 am and was on the road by 5 am.
Rode to the town of Seward, am Alaska seaport town. It was severely damaged in the great 1964 Alaska earthquake. There are tsunami warning sign all along the downtown area today!
Visited Kenai Fjords National Park and walked up to the Exit Glacier.
This was a one mile hike and was very scenic and refreshing for early in the morning. Had to watch close for bears as there were warning signs everywhere!! Found out that you need to play dead with a grizzly and fight back with a black bear, Good stuff to know up here!!
The glacier was beautiful.
Could have hiked up for another 3 miles to the ice field, but one mile was enough for me. Headed back to the Sunrise Inn for a great breakfast of Reindeer Scramble ( it was reindeer sausage in it!!).
Started the ride back up to Fairbanks as the weather looked good to try the Dalton on Tuesday. Rode up the Parks Highway (interesting every road in Alaska has a name in addition to a number!). Came by Denali (Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America at 20,320 feet). The clouds cleared out enough that I could see the summit for about 5 minutes!
A flag-lady at a road construction stop told me she had been there since April and today was the first time she could see the summit. It was impressive and the pictures of it does not do it justice!! Made it 607 miles back to Fairbanks and guess what today is the summer solstice and I stopped at 4 hotels and everything in Fairbanks was booked up!! The last one I stopped at the desk clerk said I think a lodge at Chatanika, Alaska which was about 20 miles outside of Fairbanks has a few rooms. So off I went and I did get a room. This was an experience as it was a true Alaska back country Lodge.
It has been owned and managed by a couple, Ron and Shirley, since 1974. I posted some pics so you can see. Also had a common bathroom and showers in the hall. An old gold mining dredge was across the road. This thing was huge and was in operation into the 60's. Very interesting and a lot of gold mining still going on in the area. Had dinner beside a local resident at the bar. He was a gold mine prospector. He told me about some of his past finds and current claims. Pretty cool! Stayed up to 12 am to see and get a picture of the famous midnight sun (and yes the sun was still shining on the hillside at midnight!!)
Rode to the town of Seward, am Alaska seaport town. It was severely damaged in the great 1964 Alaska earthquake. There are tsunami warning sign all along the downtown area today!
Visited Kenai Fjords National Park and walked up to the Exit Glacier.
This was a one mile hike and was very scenic and refreshing for early in the morning. Had to watch close for bears as there were warning signs everywhere!! Found out that you need to play dead with a grizzly and fight back with a black bear, Good stuff to know up here!!
The glacier was beautiful.
Could have hiked up for another 3 miles to the ice field, but one mile was enough for me. Headed back to the Sunrise Inn for a great breakfast of Reindeer Scramble ( it was reindeer sausage in it!!).
Started the ride back up to Fairbanks as the weather looked good to try the Dalton on Tuesday. Rode up the Parks Highway (interesting every road in Alaska has a name in addition to a number!). Came by Denali (Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America at 20,320 feet). The clouds cleared out enough that I could see the summit for about 5 minutes!
A flag-lady at a road construction stop told me she had been there since April and today was the first time she could see the summit. It was impressive and the pictures of it does not do it justice!! Made it 607 miles back to Fairbanks and guess what today is the summer solstice and I stopped at 4 hotels and everything in Fairbanks was booked up!! The last one I stopped at the desk clerk said I think a lodge at Chatanika, Alaska which was about 20 miles outside of Fairbanks has a few rooms. So off I went and I did get a room. This was an experience as it was a true Alaska back country Lodge.
It has been owned and managed by a couple, Ron and Shirley, since 1974. I posted some pics so you can see. Also had a common bathroom and showers in the hall. An old gold mining dredge was across the road. This thing was huge and was in operation into the 60's. Very interesting and a lot of gold mining still going on in the area. Had dinner beside a local resident at the bar. He was a gold mine prospector. He told me about some of his past finds and current claims. Pretty cool! Stayed up to 12 am to see and get a picture of the famous midnight sun (and yes the sun was still shining on the hillside at midnight!!)
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