(1) Happy Nan at the Exit Glacier near Seward. We hiked about a mile to get really close and when we climbed over a ridge, there was a blast of frigid air coming off the glacier. I have my camera and binocs under my jacket, but we were pretty much wet through.
(2) Campground in Palmer, AK. The state fair starts today, but we don't have time to go and spend the sort of time a state fair needs to be enjoyable. I really did want to see the 10 pound cabbages and football sized potatoes.
( 3) Eagle Nest. This should have been in the first slot as the eagle nest is in Homer. Talk about big lumps of wet seemingly annoyed juvenile eagles.
(4) Last Photo. Along the road then along the trail to the edge of the glacier, there are signs with numbers - 1894, 1927, 1961. At first we thought they might be forest service roads. DUH. They indicate the position of the glacier at different dates. It sure isn't the glacier it used to be!
A few facts: A. Denali is the third largest national park in the USA. It is bigger than NH, Israel, Massachusetts. Of the top 5 national parks, 4 are in AK. Death Valley comes in 4th. Number One is Wrangle St. Elias, AK. B. Yukon has only 28,000 people, doesn't even come close to Framingham, MA. C. Homer is the halibut capital of the world! D. The Good Friday 1964 earthquake in AK measured almost 9 on the Richter Scale, largest in USA ever. Approximately 150 people died which is amazing given the magnitude of the quake. The tsunamis wiped out several towns especially Seward, Homer and Portage. Seward turned the waterfront area into parks, etc., and that is where we camped last night. Portage is gone. We drove through that area - nothing there but greenery and marshy areas and all the dead trees killed by the salt water.
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