Had a great time with my family in Seattle, my brother Charles and his wife, Linda and my sister, Pamela!
We made our way on a rainy afternoon to Canada.
A lot of catching up since Vancouver – the distances up here are huge and the roads are good but certainly not interstates, with the frost heaves and the road work we average about 40 mph. I don’t think I’m going to catch up so I’ll be continuing and adding as I travel.
The town is much more spectacular than this picture! Towering mountains all around, located on Portage Cove, Chilkoot Inlet.15 miles via water from Skagway but 359 road miles.
I was really hoping I could add more pictures of the trip as we travel but it is much harder to find wifi with the band width to upload and download the pictures. Right now we are sitting on the coast of Valdez, Alaska, a beautiful ‘city’ with a population of 4,000 and I think that is in the summertime! It is the Northeast section of Prince William Sound, surrounded by the Chugach Mountains, the tallest coastal mountains in North America, rising from sea level to 7,000feet. Also the most heavily glaciated mountains in the Northwest.
Great fun to stroll along the docks and check out all the boats, smell the fishiness and feel the sea spray! Fishing is great here – a halibut derby takes place the month of June and so far the champion is a 259 pound halibut. A bit pricy to fish for halibut, a day trip would end up costing us about $1,000. We are going to wait to do a combination halibut, salmon day when the kids come to join us in Homer.
Today the plan is to kayak the Valdez Glacier, its a bit overcast but the locals say it only gets windy when it is cloudy. We are still getting used to the long days, the sunsets around midnight and rises around 3:30. Nothing really happens until late morning around here and to sleep we have to cover all our windows with foil. It is an adventure, strolling the docks at 11:00pm – loving life!
Wandering Judy 
