Alaska
2003
Trip Diary
July 6 -20, 2003
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Day 1, Sunday- Petersburg
Shots of the harbor, boats, eagles, floats, and other stuff. We buy fish from
Dan the Fish Man with a hole in his head...(long story, ask us later.)
Day 2, Monday- Chester B 3rd
Place
Way, way too cool of a day. We saw whales, dolphins, bears, eagles, fish,
helicopters, sea lions, logging activities... all in one day. Last trip we didn't
see whales until day 5.
Day 3, Tuesday- Chester B
We had a somewhat easier day today. With kayaking in the morning and petroglyphs
in the afternoon and a beach party in the evening, it was a low stress day,
except for Perry who had a close encounter with a whale. Shrimp Hunters start
the hunt.
Day 4, Wednesday- Chester B
This was a jam packed day. Up reasonably early and off to do a lot of things. The
Shrimp Hunters begin.
Day 5, Thursday- Chester B 5th
Place
Today was a quiet day. We started motoring at 5:30 am and went to hike the Baird
Glacier. We blew an engine and had to motor on one. It didn't slow us down too
much. The Shrimp Hunter's result.
Day 6, Friday- Chester B 4th
Place
We motored to our mooring early in the day so we could go hike the Baird
Glacier. It is a butt kicking walk and a very dangerous trek as well. Great
shots of birds and scenery.
Day 7, Saturday- Chester B and
Petersburg
We motored home from the cove by Baird Glacier. Since we had only one engine, we
took a little longer to get to port. That's ok since today we get off the boat
and we don't want to. The afternoon was spent doing laundry and packing.
Day
8, Sunday- Petersburg
It started out cold and rainy. It kept up cold and rainy. I spent the day
working on Capt. Kent's computer and my own website. The evening was spent at
the Northern Light celebrating Perry's birthday.
Day 9,
Monday- Barrow
We're heading to the northern most city in the United States. I think that is
exciting enough in its own right.
Day 10, Tuesday-
Barrow 1st Place
If you call chopping the head off of a dead walrus an exciting day, then this
day was exciting in the extreme. If you
have only enough time to view one page, this is the one with which you should
spend your time. Day 11, Wednesday- Barrow
A day of culture. A day of exercise.
Day 12,
Thursday- Train To Denali
The day started out by taking the 8:15am Alaska Railroad to Denali Park. It
continued with an airplane flight around Mt. McKinley. It ended at the Northstar
Inn. Day 13, Denali Park 2nd
Place
Yes, it's true, I changed the departure time for our bus trip to 5:15am. I woke
Maria and Perry at 4:30am, which was when we were supposed to be on the van for
the park. We had an eleven hour bus ride to Wonder Lake. Very coooool
stuff!!!! Day 14, Train to Anchorage
DJ and I slept in and Maria went river rafting. We took the bus/train to
Anchorage. Day 15, Fly Home
I didn't take any photos this day. Sorry. Nothing to report. Anchorage was very
pretty but I'm all photo'd out.
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