Blogs from Alaska, United States, North America - page 207

Finally on the way out of Talkeetna, after many days of hiding herself, she is finally out. (Well almost, you can kind of see the peak through the clouds. Drove back to Anchorage and on the way stopped in Palmer to drop off Jennifer and Tressa, two travelers from San Francisco making their way through Alaska. Palmer is in the valley where there are many farms framed by the mountains. I loved the barn frame and flowers!... read more

August 6, 2008 I drove out of Anchorage with my friend Chris and did a little bit of hiking. This area is north of Fort Richardson, the army base, and soldiers come out here and do physical training. Beautiful!!!... read more

In August of 2008 ten members of the Menezes family took a seven-day cruise on the Holland America Lines ship Volendam. They left from Vancouver Canada and sailed to Seward Alaska covering 1,400 miles. The ship made stops Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway with visits to Glacier Bay National Park and College Fjord. On the last page is a picture of the participants from top left, Mikey, Donny, Maya, Michel, Karen, Sylvan, Maxanne, Rachael, Jane and Billy. It rained the first five and a half days of the cruise but that’s Alaska. We had a wonderful time. In Ketchikan we took the 4hour voyage on the boat from the "Deadliest Catch " TV series the "Aleutian Ballard". This was a great family activity. The boat is very well equipted even though it was raining the seating in ... read more

Hello family and friends: Here is another entry for testing and this time there is a picture included of the preparation process. :) It took a long time to get this, so you will be receiving more "tests" as the days go by, so I'll be ready for Alaska. Please post comments, so I know you're getting these tests. Love to all... Bill ... read more

Nous avons pris la route a 9h30 pour Skagway qui se situe a moins de 200km de Whitehorse. Le temps etait magnifique, pas un seul nuage. Nous nous dirigions vers l'Alsaka vetus d'une jupe pour moi et short pour Romain, avec a nos pieds des tongues. Notre premier arret fut pour admirer Emerald lake, qui porte bien son nom. Les couleurs de ce lac sont a couper le soufle, bleu turquoise en effet, on y voit meme le sable blanc au dessous de l'eau. Une jolie maison de bois surplombe la lac du haut de la montagne. On aurait bien eu envie de plonger, mais bien que les couleurs soient celles des caraibes, il ne faut pas oublier qu'il y a quelques mois de ca l'eau de ce lac n'etait que glace. Notre second arret eu ... read more