We had another new bird join our nest recently. ...Well, maybe not so recently; he joined us in June, when we were in Alaska! It's one of the things that's been stuck in my blog backlog.


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It's time to go back to Alaska. Topically, that is. It feels like my trip there was two months ago even though it was literally just two weeks ago. (The last day of my trip was Wednesday, June 17.)  One thing I've been meaning to write about since even before I embarked on the trip is a retrospective on how I planned it: How I finally got to Alaska ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #26
ANC Airport - Wed, 19 Jun 2024, 3pmWe're back at Anchorage airport awaiting our flight home. Our aircraft is already here, disembarking passengers from the inbound flight, so that's a good sign for us leaving on time in an hour. In addition the seat map continues to show Hawk and I each having a full row to ourselves. That's at ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #25
Near Anchorage - Wed, 19 Jun 2024, 12pm

I'm glad we're almost done with our drive back to Anchorage. It's only about 125 miles from Seward but it feels like a lot longer. Partly that's because there have been a few delays for road construction and slow moving vehicles. But even delays are so scenic....


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Two Nights in San Diego #1
SJC Airport - Tue, 25 Jun 2024, 2pm

This afternoon I'm off to San Diego on a business trip. No, I didn't fly here straight from Alaska, where I posted my most recent blog. I got home from Alaska 5½ days ago. I'm still catching up on my blog backlog from it! I have a few more Alaska blogs to publish. Meanwhile I'll also ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #24
Leaving the hotel - Wed, 19 Jun 2024, 8:30am

It figures. Of all the days we have a nice sunny morning in Seward, instead of being socked in with fog until after noon, it's today, the day we leave. Well, at least we won't miss the room we've made our home for the past 4 days.


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Alaska Travelog #23
Outside Seward - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 4:30pm

Today's been a day of shorter hikes and visits around Seward. We started with a milder hike to an overlook of the Exit Glacier ("milder" being in comparison to our butt-kicker of a hike partway above the glacier on Monday), followed by a bit of gentle 4x4ing on the river bed. Now we've ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #22
Outside Seward - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 2:30pmOn our drive out of Kenai Fjords National Park after hiking there today we took a slight side trip to visit the Resurrection River. The park road runs along the glacial outwash stream until where the state highway crosses it a bit above the head of Resurrection Bay. In a few places the ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #21
Glacier Overlook Trail - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 1:30pmYesterday when we visited Kenai Fjords National Park to hike partway up Exit Glacier I noticed there were signs along the road and the lower part of the trail, indicating how much further down the foot of the glacier extended not that long ago. Today we've come back to the park to ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #20
At breakfast at a gas station - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 11am

Today has been another foggy morning in Seward. Instead of lazing around the room all morning waiting for it to lift, though, we got going around 9am. So just a bit of lazing. We figure it'll be clearer up in the mountains away from the bay ( Read more... )