Day 21 - As Far West As We Can Go

Well, we've gone as far as possible. Maynard posed by the sign showing the most westerly highway point in North America. Also, if you check out a map, you'll see that at the end of Homer, AK, is a teeny, tiny, natural causeway. We made it out there. That leaves Kodiak Island and the Aleutians for another trip -- a trip I would very much love to make.

Day 20 - Seward and Kenai

Today we visited the Kenai Fjords in Seward; up until 1998 folks could touch the Exit Glacier (great name, huh? it is melting into Resurrection River, if you like an Existential chuckle), but it has receded further and is currently too dangerous to approach within two yards or so. Maynard tried to capture the blue ice of the glacier in this pic. We continued to the city of Kenai which isn't as impressive as I'd hoped; fortunately, some miles out of the way (in an RV turnaround), we found Kenai Brewery. While the owner gave Maynard tastings of his different brews, the local moose mom came by with her calf. That, a good Greek restaurant, and a bald eagle nesting in a tree near our cabin have cheered Maynard immensely.

Day 19 - Top of Kenai Peninsula

Our Denali time was amazing. The pictures are only a start.

We're now below Anchorage, at the top of the Kenai Peninsula.

Day 18 - 2nd bus trip to Eilson in Denali

Day 17 - Out to Eilson in Denali -- great pics

Day 16 - Camping in Denali

We arrived, settled into our campsite, and DIDN'T take the pic of Mt. McKinley. Unfortunately, we didn't get a view of the mountain again.

Note in the AM of Day 16

We're off to Denali National Park this morning! Three nights of camping and two shuttle bus trips into the interior (you can't drive far into the park).

We've probably used up all our good weather points; the forecast is for rain today, less rain tomorrow, and clouds the next day. So, we have little chance to seeing much of Mt. McKinley, but we have great chances of seeing cool scenes and animals and testing our DEET (rumor has it that mosquitoes are the Alaska state bird).

I'm not sure when we'll be near an internet connection again; probably, we'll have one on the night of Monday, June 28th.

The receptionist at this motel glanced at my copy of Little Dorritt yesterday; she says it's good, but Our Mutual Friend is her favorite. Her brother votes for Hard Times. Now I need to read Our Mutual Friend! Just love those out of blue literary conversations.