Verenigde StatenResolution Park61°13’4” N 149°53’49” W
6 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
We flew from Charlotte and arrived at the airport in Anchorage. After a night's sleep at the Captain Cook Hotel, we set out the next day for Talkeetna.
Verenigde StatenTalkeetna Airport62°19’30” N 150°6’5” W
7 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Breakfast was at the Captain Cook Hotel before we boarded the bus for Talkeetna and the Princess McKinley Lodge. We checked into our room, then had time to wander through the lovely town. We saw aMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenDenali Pass63°5’8” N 151°0’18” W
7 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 9 °F
We had scheduled a flight-seeing tour over Mount McKinley, but the weather was not cooperating. We went to the airport and were told to come back at two o'clock to see whether the weather improved. WeMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenY Lake62°18’13” N 150°4’16” W
8 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F
In the morning we went to the Talkeetna training center of Jerry Sousa, a contender for the championship of the Iditerod dog sled race. We followed in a four-wheeler and the dogs led theirMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenHealy63°52’13” N 149°3’6” W
8 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F
That afternoon we took a bus up to the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge. Besides the extravagantly glorious scenery, I found it especially interesting that there is a bush pilot airport which used toMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenDenali Borough63°28’45” N 149°28’38” W
9 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 32 °F
In the morning we were scheduled for a nature trip into Denali National Park, but an unexpected snow storm had closed the roads into the park. The scene in the lodge was pandemonium, as guests crowdedMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenWhittier Creek60°46’42” N 148°41’60” W
10 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
The next morning, September 10 we boarded a train near the Denali Princess Lodge for the trip to Whittier, where we would meet our ship, the Coral Princess. It is amazing that we had already done soMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenHaenke Island59°58’9” N 139°32’21” W
11 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 50 °F
Upon arriving at the ship, we went through the safety drill, then went to dinner. We found our dinner companions to be very interesting people, including two homosexual Roman Catholic priests, and aMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenBoulder Island58°32’55” N 136°0’6” W
12 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
On September 12 we had a day at sea and a presentation by the ship’s naturalist, Kathy Slamp, before the ship sailed into Glacier Bay National Park to view Johns Hopkins, Margerie and Lamplugh andMeer informatie
Verenigde StatenChilkoot River59°22’8” N 135°38’1” W
13 september 2012, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
On the morning of September 13 we docked at Scagway. I got a beautiful picture of the Star Princess tying up on the dock behind us. We had some time to tour the town before a ferry took us to Haines.Meer informatie
