Iditarod Marker in Seward

At one time the Iditarod started here.  998 miles Seward to Nome.  There were many memorial plaques, benches, markers around this area which is now a walking trail in the city. The Iditarod begins in Anchorage now but still finishes in Nome, with the race starting the first Saturday in March each year.

Seward AK Day 11

The brothers, Marathon Mountain with an old railroad depot in foreground, Alaska Sea Life Center,

downtown Seward (pop,. 2600), the Alaska Train, the sisters-in-law.  Day 11, our amazing trip is winding down....

Carter and Crescent Lakes from Monday Day 9

Moose tracks (not the ice cream), the 6 of us on the hike up from Carter Lake to Crescent Lake, Crescent Lake and The Snyder Brothers

Downtown Seward.
Callback #: 440-225-9190

Mountain views on the way to Seward.
Callback #: 440-225-9190

This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!

To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.

Note: To play video messages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.

Moose Pass (pop. 61) and our luxury cabin

Moose Pass Alaska!  We're here for our last 4 nights.  Lots of sea planes in and out on the lake right across the road from our cabin.  Very quiet and secluded little town halfway between Seward and Hope.  We're heading back into Seward today for Alaska Sea Life Center Tour, civilizatin, shopping and dinner in town!  Heading back to Ohio late tomorrow....Can't believe how FAST these 2 weeks have gone and how much we've seen and done, but when you look at the map, we've only seen a thumbnail of Alaska.  We WILL be back....  more later........

Kayaking Day 10

Our 1/2 day kayaking trip and the Lyrica Saillboat that brought us back to Seward.  Perfectly calm day on the Prince William Sound actually Resurection Bay, great for kayaking, not so great for sailing.

Its Alaskan custom o remove your shoes at the door. How many people are staying at this cabin?
Callback #: 440-225-9190

7:00 pm

Mark and Scott snozing and snoring after a long day of hiking and after dinner.
Callback #: 440-225-9190

Doc and Val looking out over Crescent Lake....the turn around point on the trail. Saw a couple of Bald Eagles, loons and some type of duck.
Callback #: 440-225-9190

Water bottle refilling in mountain spring

Doc filling his water bottle in a clear mountain spring. Mark,Val and Scott in background.
Callback #: 440-225-9190
This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.

Small bear footprint in mud on trail

Not the best photo just a quick one taken with my phone, but it is a bear print (small bear) we saw on our hike a little bit ago.  We saw several other bear prints, some moose prints, bear scat, and maybe some wolf/lg dog?? prints along this trail.
Callback #: 440-225-9190
This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required.

Hiked up to Carter and Crescent Lakes....1000 feet up pretty steep climb, then not too bad once up to get to 2nd lake. 4 hours up and back, 3.3 mi each way...... now off to eat in Moose Pass
Callback #: 440-225-9190
This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required.

Horse Tail Falls on way to Valdez

A stop at Horse Tail Falls on Alaska 4 on our way to Valdez.  There were 2 waterfalls right in this area which fell right next to the highway.  Doc and Val up top, Scott and Cindy next, Mark and Lynda, then the Snyder Brothers Scott, Mark, and Kent aka Doc

The home we stayed at in Valdez
Callback #: 440-225-9190

Valdez con't Day 8

A Pacific Dolphin, Eagle on an iceburg, humpback whale's hump and tail fluke...some of the wildlife we saw yesterday. (click on any of the images to enlarge)

Valdez Stan Stephens 9 hr boat tour of Prince William Sound Day 8

Our ship for the day.....served us lunch and light supper.  Sea Lions on the no. 9 buoy and the massive, very impressive Mearss Glacier....400' high 1/2 mile long.  We sat for about an hr....less than 1/4 mi away and watched the glacier calve...... chunks of ice would crack, break off and fall into the bay.. the resulting waves woul flip over the floating iceburgs already floating in the bay around us.. AMAZING! 

Day 6 con't. Kennicott Copper Mill

The 14 story copper mill that the towns of Kennicott and McCarthy were built around.  We toured the abandoned mill and some of the remaining Kennicott Mining Company's buildings that were still standing.  So very interesting...such history from 1911, unbelievable what those people back then did in the conditions of Alaska.  Trying to catch up on the blog while we have internet.  Leaving here (Valdez) in 8 hours for the very small remote town of Moose Pass.  Went on a 9 hr Prince William Sound boat tour today, saw tons of Bald Eagles, sea otters, sea lions, Pacific Porpoises, Puffins and 2HUMPBACK WHALES!!  Will try to get photos down loaded and a few up before we leave in the morning........

Root Glacier Climb Thurs Day 6 con't

   A large moulon, the brothers and wives at the turn around point on Root Glacier and lunch on the glacier.