Day 37, Sunday, August 13, 2006
55 this morning at Portage and it rained on and off all night again.
Before we found this spot to camp for the night we pulled into a State Park camp ground. What a PIT! Mud holes a foot deep all the way around the drive through the camp. Found a spot we thought Blue Boy could fit into but scraped the rear backing in so we left. Point is, the motor home really got muddy. So first thing today he got a bath. Couldn’t keep him dry because it’s still raining and foggy and cloudy, and misting, but got the mud off.
On a dog walk last night I found another campground just .2 miles further down the road with paved roads and camp pads. And, views of glaciers with blue ice (that’s the real deal) all around. It’s still cloudy and raining and the mountain tops are obscured, but the glaciers are close enough we can see the ice poking out under the clouds. Plus it has trails (no mud) and a viewing platform to watch salmon swim upstream to spawn. We went back this morning to see again. Very interesting to watch and the dogs, especially the two girls, were fascinated by the site. If only they could get into the river to play?
Drove to Whittier today through a 2 ½ mile long tunnel. Whittier is on Prince William Sound. Although it is raining at the entrance to the tunnel we can still see in front of us. At the end of the tunnel it is so foggy we can’t see anything. It’s an ocean fog and very thick. Scenery around town is surely beautiful and worth the $20.00 to pass through the tunnel, but we can’t see a thing. Walked around a little. Mostly fishing and sight seeing shops and an Alaskan Ferry dock. Didn’t stay long.
Back on the “other side” we took yet another side road up to the Byron Glacier. It’s next to the more spectacular Portage Glacier, but it has a trail leading up to it and a walk on the ice fields in front of it. The dogs went with us and got to “waller” in the snow. The Portage Glacier (accessible by tour boat) calves into Portage Lake and we saw a few small “icebergs” floating in the water.
We drove back to the clean campground with paved roads and the salmon view platform to spend another night in the area.
Never got above around 60 today.
55 this morning at Portage and it rained on and off all night again.
Before we found this spot to camp for the night we pulled into a State Park camp ground. What a PIT! Mud holes a foot deep all the way around the drive through the camp. Found a spot we thought Blue Boy could fit into but scraped the rear backing in so we left. Point is, the motor home really got muddy. So first thing today he got a bath. Couldn’t keep him dry because it’s still raining and foggy and cloudy, and misting, but got the mud off.
On a dog walk last night I found another campground just .2 miles further down the road with paved roads and camp pads. And, views of glaciers with blue ice (that’s the real deal) all around. It’s still cloudy and raining and the mountain tops are obscured, but the glaciers are close enough we can see the ice poking out under the clouds. Plus it has trails (no mud) and a viewing platform to watch salmon swim upstream to spawn. We went back this morning to see again. Very interesting to watch and the dogs, especially the two girls, were fascinated by the site. If only they could get into the river to play?
Drove to Whittier today through a 2 ½ mile long tunnel. Whittier is on Prince William Sound. Although it is raining at the entrance to the tunnel we can still see in front of us. At the end of the tunnel it is so foggy we can’t see anything. It’s an ocean fog and very thick. Scenery around town is surely beautiful and worth the $20.00 to pass through the tunnel, but we can’t see a thing. Walked around a little. Mostly fishing and sight seeing shops and an Alaskan Ferry dock. Didn’t stay long.
Back on the “other side” we took yet another side road up to the Byron Glacier. It’s next to the more spectacular Portage Glacier, but it has a trail leading up to it and a walk on the ice fields in front of it. The dogs went with us and got to “waller” in the snow. The Portage Glacier (accessible by tour boat) calves into Portage Lake and we saw a few small “icebergs” floating in the water.
We drove back to the clean campground with paved roads and the salmon view platform to spend another night in the area.
Never got above around 60 today.
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