July 26th - 27th Travel from Valdez towards the Top of the World Highway stopping at Chicken Alaska

 Momma moose and calf

 Fireweed

 Earlier Fire

 Dredge at Chicken

The Chicken at Chicken

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July 22nd - July 25th Valdez Alaska

Travelling the highways in the Yukon and Alaska it is quite common to see road side banks covered with these graffeti rock markings.

 Worthington Glacier on the way into Valdez

 Again fishing is very popular.

 The gulls enjoy the remains

 Valdez small boat harbour

 Our tour boat for the day the "Lu-Lu-Belle"

 Nice waterfall

 Commercial fishing boat

 Seals (not too popular with the captain)

 We did not see any icebergs in Newfoundland but we sure did in Alaska

 Distant view of one glacier

 Overview of the Columbia Glacier

 Closer

 And Closer

 And Closer

 Oil tanks in Valdez - the end of the pipeline and waiting for the tanker ships.

We went out to the outer side of the bay where there is a fish hatchery, where at the time we we there, there was supposed to be a good chance of seeing Bears and Eagles but they were no show.

 Lots of Pink Salmon

The Seals and Gulls liked them too.

July 19th Leaving Homer arriving in Seward - July 21st Anchorage

A few parting shots at Homer a well placed Eagles nest at the edge of town gave good views of both the eagle and the eaglet in the nest.

This photo was taken from a viewpoint leaving Homer of the spit. We camped on the end of the spit.

A cruise ship in harbour.

 We drove out to the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fiord National Park

 This boat with Helicopter was moored in the bay just in front of our campsite (right on the fiord), it was being guessed that the boat was transporting some surveyors out to some remote site.

 We visited the Alaska Sealife Center, a very interesting place.

This will probably be my only chance to get a close shot of a live puffin.

Returning to Anchorage we visited the Ulu Knife factory and restocked our supplies to coninue our trip (nice to have a Costco and Fred Meyers).

July 15th Anchorage - July 16th - 18th Homer

We spent one night in Anchorage and thanks to a recommendation took in the Whale Fat Follies a tongue in cheek look at Alaska its history and people, in some ways similar to the Giggle Dam.

We then headed down to Homer as the weather in the Anchorage area was wet. We did not get a good look at the scenery on the drive but will look forard to it when we return to Anchorage.

Homer is famous for Halibit and Salmon Fishing and was very busy with people chartering trips or going on their own.

A well known landmark is The Salty Dawg pub

 completely walpapered with dollar bills

 We went on a day tour on the Rainbow connectiion and saw much sea life and visited Seldovia ( a former Russian town).

Puffin

 Sea Otter

 We had a very rare viwing of some Fin whales (they do not usually come into the bay)

 And also some Humpback whales (a more common visitor)

July 13th - July 14th Denali National Part - Part 3

The next day we drove ourselves to the end of the road open to the public without a special permit. That is at mile 15. We were pleasantly surprised that we got a view of Mount McKinley this time. We did several short hikes in the area accessed from this road.

 Our last hike was in the entrance area of the park to Horseshoe Lake where we had been hearing about a moose was hanging around.

The next day we woke up to a heavy overcast and rain; so much for more mountain views as we headed down towards Anchorage.