Day 36, Saturday, August 12, 2006
55 this morning in Anchorage and a high today of 75. Morning clouds gave way eventually to some little bits of sunshine. Decided we did not want to do anything in Anchorage of any significance. Hoped to see an air show featuring the Blue Angels, but were told they were rained out. So we packed up the motor home and left for a hike around the Cook Inlet on our way out. We saw two moose along the road to the city park and the trail head.
The trail was paved and dry so we took the dogs. It’s been so wet and muddy we don’t always want them to go with us, but this was really nice for a change. Did a two hour hike and then returned to downtown Anchorage to catch a program at the Performing Arts Center that a photographer put together to classical music of the Northern Lights. It was entertaining, but not as good as the program we saw about Denali while visiting the Princess Lodge in Denali State Park. Bob Chew called during the show to tell me he was at my house drinking up all my wine. Thanks Bob! Off to the Hilton for a roof top glass of wine and a view of the city. On the way saw a little of the Blue Angles – the weather cleared enough for them to perform after all. Not much of a view from the top of the Hilton as still a lot of cloud cover. The Cook Inlet was nothing but a mudflat for as far as we could see. The tide was out and the inlet has lost all water.
Drove toward Seward. The road follows Turnagain Arm and there was no water in it when we headed south out of Anchorage, but along the way the tide started coming in and we could see waves and rapids of water flow back in to fill the Arm. It’s called a Bore Tide and it can be as high as a 6 foot wall of water some days. Today was about a foot but it really comes in fast. Although a lot of cloud cover on the drive it still was very beautiful scenery. Stopped at a National Forest campground on a side trip off the Seward Highway going to Portage Glacier. We wish we could see all of the mountains. We have to come back this way when we leave the Kenai Peninsula – hopefully better weather by then.
We are in Glacier territory and will explore the Portage area tomorrow.
It rained and misted all day today. Drove about 210 miles the last two days.
55 this morning in Anchorage and a high today of 75. Morning clouds gave way eventually to some little bits of sunshine. Decided we did not want to do anything in Anchorage of any significance. Hoped to see an air show featuring the Blue Angels, but were told they were rained out. So we packed up the motor home and left for a hike around the Cook Inlet on our way out. We saw two moose along the road to the city park and the trail head.
The trail was paved and dry so we took the dogs. It’s been so wet and muddy we don’t always want them to go with us, but this was really nice for a change. Did a two hour hike and then returned to downtown Anchorage to catch a program at the Performing Arts Center that a photographer put together to classical music of the Northern Lights. It was entertaining, but not as good as the program we saw about Denali while visiting the Princess Lodge in Denali State Park. Bob Chew called during the show to tell me he was at my house drinking up all my wine. Thanks Bob! Off to the Hilton for a roof top glass of wine and a view of the city. On the way saw a little of the Blue Angles – the weather cleared enough for them to perform after all. Not much of a view from the top of the Hilton as still a lot of cloud cover. The Cook Inlet was nothing but a mudflat for as far as we could see. The tide was out and the inlet has lost all water.
Drove toward Seward. The road follows Turnagain Arm and there was no water in it when we headed south out of Anchorage, but along the way the tide started coming in and we could see waves and rapids of water flow back in to fill the Arm. It’s called a Bore Tide and it can be as high as a 6 foot wall of water some days. Today was about a foot but it really comes in fast. Although a lot of cloud cover on the drive it still was very beautiful scenery. Stopped at a National Forest campground on a side trip off the Seward Highway going to Portage Glacier. We wish we could see all of the mountains. We have to come back this way when we leave the Kenai Peninsula – hopefully better weather by then.
We are in Glacier territory and will explore the Portage area tomorrow.
It rained and misted all day today. Drove about 210 miles the last two days.
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