North to Alaska
30. maj 2014, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 70 °FWe loaded our luggage, as we always do, on the sofa to take a picture, then we were off to the Charlotte Airport. Martha took us, so we left our car at her house.
We loaded our luggage, as we always do, on the sofa to take a picture, then we were off to the Charlotte Airport. Martha took us, so we left our car at her house.
The ways of the airlines are like the ways of God. They are inscrutable to us mere mortals. So for some reason we will be flying to Alaska through Houston. The good news is that all of our flightsLæs mere
It is 9:45 am and we are at Hotel Captain Cook. We went to the Snow City Grill for breakfast. The line there was so long we decided to go elsewhere. Went to hotel restaurant for breakfast. High windsLæs mere
With time on our hands on the first day we decided to go to the Alaska Native Cultural Center. Our guide was a young lady named August. We had lunch at the snack bar. Glenda ordered for us a reindeerLæs mere
We boarded a bus and left the Hotel Captain Cook at 9:45 AM for Copper River. We stopped on the way to photograph the Matanuska Glacier. We had lunch at the Eureka Road House at mile marker 128 on theLæs mere
At 5 PM Jared took us, along with a couple from Sumter, S.C., Rob and Courtney, to Copper River Aviation. Our pilot, Alex, packed us into an old Cessna 185 and showed us some wonderful sights during aLæs mere
We went on an ATV excursion from the Princes Copper River Lodge along the Klutina River with Carrie, our driver. The scenery was wonderful but the weather was horrible. As we started the rain began.Læs mere
We split an omelet at the Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge. Because the clouds obscuring them had finally cleared, I photographed Drum, Stanford, and Wrangell Mounts. Our bus to Fairbanks, againLæs mere
At breakfast in the Princess Fairbanks River Lodge we were surprised to learn that until 8:30 AM one could not order from a menu, but only from the buffet, which cost $16 per person. Glenda's omeletLæs mere
In the afternoon we went to Goldstream Valley near the town of Fox, about 12 miles north of Fairbanks, to see the remains of the Fairbanks Exploration Company's Gold Dredge No. 8. First our guide TimLæs mere