Last Day

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Geo: 61.2176, -149.858



Thursday, 8/5/10 – Up a bit later than usual to pack things up and get ready for the drive back to Anchorage and the flight home. Flight was to leave at 7:30 PM (actually left around 8:30) so we had plenty of time to get there. Anne got up and did her 4 miles of walking along the roads near the motel while I went up the road to a restaurant and got breakfast. We made it to Anchorage around 3:00 PM and just turned in the car and hung out at the airport. Visited the military lounge there run by the YMCA instead of the USO. Very nice facility. For information – the airport in Anchorage has free WiFi. Since we did not do much on this last day and took no pictures I'll just add some miscellaneous pictures on this last page. Many are of flowers. There were a lot of wildflowers along the trails, and I took quite a few pictures of them. I am pretty ignorant when it comes to knowing the names of the various flowers so feel free to add a comment to any picture if you know the name of any of the flowers in the pictures.

Hope you enjoyed reading about our trip and viewing some of the pictures we took.

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Photos

Pretty purple flowers
Name ??

Bear Berries??
I think these red berries are called bear berries but could be something else. Looked a little like red black berries.

Arctic Ground Squirrel
Taken along the Harding Ice Field trail.

Pretty white flowers
Name ??

Two white flowers
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Red Flowers
Seems like I should know the name of these but I don't.

Goat Trail sign
This is the sign for the goat trail at the trailhead at Bridal Veil Falls parking area on the highway between Wrangell-St. Elias NP and Valdez. Taken especially for Emily.

Red Berries & Rose Hips
Don't know what kind of berry this is but the red pod-shaped things at the bottom of the picture I'm pretty sure are rose hips.

More Rose Hips
These are rose hips according to the young man we met on the Mt. Healy trail.

Comments

[Margie]

Loved reading your blog and really enjoyed the pics. You guys had a great trip. Makes me want to go back again. Wonder if I will ever get Alaska out of my mind. ·Thanks for sharing.

[Marilyn Dennison]

What a nice report. Your pictures are terrific. You were truly busy the entire trip. Excellent planning. Now what is next?

[leesneed]

Thanks. We did have a great time. Not sure what is next - maybe some of the Florida parks. Will wait for winter for that trip though.