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A Bull moose pictured alongside the roadway

*Discovering Alaska*

My husband & I had the pleasure of visiting Alaska first-hand several years ago.This was indeed a trip of a lifetime! Our journey began in July as we planned a 2-week trip to visit the Land of the Midnight Sun. Our tour guide was my brother-in-law who lived in Anchorage at the time, which was to our advantage since he knew his way around to all of the different tourist sites there. Needless to say we crammed everything imaginable into our vacation. (In fact, I came home and filled up 4 scrapbooks of photos and journals from our trip)! It was always daylight during the time we spent, since we went during the summer month of July, so it was very hard to go to bed and fall asleep at 11 or 12 when the sun was still out and you could hear people weed-eating and cutting their grass outside*.
We boarded the Alaskan Railway one day (which was my favorite part of this venture since I love trains) for a roundtrip 4-hr train ride to the town of Seward which was spectacular. Spent all day touring the town. Rented a boat for a fishing excursion yet had to turn back due to high swells from the ocean waters and approaching storms. Met the towns-people and learned about their native culture and history. Toured the Aquatic Marine Center located in the downtown area. Saw local musicians celebrating the 4th of July holidays in their native attire. Did some hiking, and lots of walking! Enjoyed fine foods in the local eateries. Browsed the many gift shops in town, even made a few purchases while there for family and friends back home.
Another day we visited the Anchorage Zoo and saw all different types of animals that we've never seen before. The middle portion of our trip we played a round of golf atop a mountain on a nearby golf course with a beautiful log-built Lodge and clubhouse that was pretty cool. We even rented an RV and drove hundreds of miles viewing the scenery in Alaska and went to Barrow at Willows Fishing Camp and set up camp in a nearby Trading Post to fish for King Salmon along the shores of the river banks, I called it combat fishing since I've never seen so many people participating in such a fishing tournament before; yet we had a ball. The weather was great for our excursion and all the locals told us we brought them the record-breaking temperatures in the 90 degree range (which was unheard of until then according to the locals), so we felt blessed that we was able to see and feel things first-hand,that we have only heard about before making this the very best trip of a lifetime. Glaciers, huge mountains, moose, breathtaking scenery, waterfalls, The Pacific ocean, gorges, Resurrection Bay, Yosemites, animals, marinas, eagles, gorges, mountain goats, elk, caribou..which I called reindeer*so many and so much just to name a few. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and want to go back some day.

On our way.........

Our Great Adventures in Alaska

Enjoying the bay area while touring Alaska.

The magnificent Alaska coastline and marina/harbor

Alaska Bay-Harbor

Fishing vessals and chartered boats shown docked at the Alaska Marina Harbor.

Glacier tipped mountains

Panaramic-sized glaciers

The beautiful scenery meets you at every corner.......

Town Festivities

Local musicians in the town of Seward

Celebrating the 4th of July Alaskan style.

The wilderness

Mountain majesty at it's best

This picture was taken at The Willows Fishing Camp and Trading Post near Barrow, where we camped during the King Salmon fishing tournament....a whopper of an event!

King Salmon Fishing on the river banks

Taken during the King Salmon fishing tournement

Look at this whopper caught by my husband's brother

Waterfall

The Howe's visit Alaska...wow

Touring the town of Seward, we walked to the end overlooking the bay area and found this beautiful cascading waterfall. WOW!

Intro Updated May 23, 2004
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Etoile2B Mar 18, 2008 at 10:21 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday from sunny California!
Bokhari76 Mar 18, 2008 at 2:27 AM Report Abuse

Hi Sharon. Happy Birthday to you. Wish you many happy returns of the day. Enjoy a lot.
Basaic Mar 17, 2008 at 6:22 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday! May you have a long life full of great travels.
dsantosh Mar 20, 2006 at 11:53 PM Report Abuse

Many many happy returns of the day . Wishing you a happy birthday . Greetings from India.
Eurasian68 Mar 18, 2006 at 12:34 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday!
aussiedoug Mar 18, 2006 at 12:22 AM Report Abuse

G'Day there Shar0n, my friend. Hope you are having a lovely day celebrating your Birthday. Best wishes to you, not just for today, but for the future.
cachaseiro Mar 17, 2006 at 5:17 PM Report Abuse

happy birthday :O)
whvcebu Aug 7, 2005 at 9:32 PM Report Abuse

Hi Sharon - missing you on VT. Haven't heard from you for long...
goingsolo May 15, 2005 at 5:23 AM Report Abuse

My trip to Alaska was way too short and I missed tons. Loved your photos and description here. Its an amazing place. Think I took over 100 photos when I went too. The moose photo is spectacular!
AmazingAdventures Apr 21, 2005 at 12:52 AM Report Abuse

That's a B....I......G moose.