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Chitina and Beyond

Leaving Valdez was hard.  It was a gorgeous place, we had amazing weather, and there was still plenty to keep us busy there that we hadn’t done.  We have learned, though, that you can’t do it all and you have to save something for your next trip!  Knowing that Alaska still had more to offer […]

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Valdez, AK

Valdez is spectacular!  No kidding, it is likely the most gorgeous setting for a town we have ever seen.  The mountains are huge and gorgeous with glaciers between, the water is blue, berries are ripe, and flowers are blooming everywhere!  It is almost magical. Before we get to all that, though, let’s talk about getting

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Palmer, Revisited

As mentioned in our last post, we are back in Palmer for a few days.  There are a number of chores that we need to accomplish while here, but first we had some activities that we ran out of time for last time we were in the area, so we got to the fun stuff

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Portage Valley and Whittier

After leaving Seward on Tuesday, we headed back toward Anchorage to get Richard back to the airport.  It was unreal that his time with us was already over!  It didn’t seem like a week had already passed and it definitely wasn’t long enough, but back to the airport he had to go anyway.  To avoid

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