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---Current location Williams Arizona--- Ferry from Haines Alaska to Prince Rupert BC We are exiting Alaska via Ferry along the Marine Highway. We boarded the Mantanusca on 8/9 at 9:30pm and we got off in Prince Rupert Canada on 9/11 around 2:30. Highlights on board were: our cabin which had bunk beds a huge hit with Finn! Playing with Jack a new friend Finn made, hot showers and just taking in the scenery. We caught sight of porpoise, whales and birds albeit at a distance. The unfortunate thing was we didn't have time to explore the port towns but now this gives us something to come back for. Our adventures in Alaska have been magnificent and it hasn't fully sunk in that we are leaving this vast open state but we are so glad we did come to the last frontier.

---Current location Prescott Valley Arizona--- 8/5 Woke up in Valdez and decided to explore the town after we did some much needed laundry and shopping. We stopped at their Gold Rush Festival which was small and then did a scoot around the town and Marina. After that we decided to head to Dayville Road to do a little fishing for salmon since we had yet to catch any in Alaska. Dan and Finn set out with poles and boy did they have luck. They caught 15 Salmon and certainly could have caught more. It was easy to snag the fish at this location because they spawn back to a hatchery located there. Since we were leaving Alaska in two days and had a freezer full of Halibut we shipped 17 pounds of Pink Salmon to the Worth Family. After a successful fishing afternoon we relaxed at Ruth Pond swimming and playing. We left that evening via the Richardson Highway and started to make our way to Haines to catch our Ferry. We did a quick stop at what we thought was a cave along the highway but turn

---Current location Park City Utah--- 8/1-8/3 Traveled along the Glen Highway to Glenallen Alaska. We did a stop at Lake Louise for lunch (road was horrible with huge ice heaves. Like riding a roller coaster) and we saw a family pick blue berries along the side of the road. We were going to stop at the Matanuska Glacier to walk on it but balked at the $60 price to do so. Then made our way via the Richardson Highway to Chitna. 8/3 drove into Wrangle St.Elias via McCarthy road. The road was awful with heaves, pot holes and washboard marks everywhere. Enjoyed some beautiful scenery along the road to Kennecott and McCarthy. Wrangle St. Elias is the largest National Park in the US. It's less visited than Denali which we really enjoyed. McCarthy and Kennecott were old Copper Mine towns. The town of Kennecott is a restored town (1910) and an Historic Landmark. Unfortunately we didn't have time to do the guided tour of the Cooper processing center but we wer

---Current location Corvallis Oregon --- 7/25-7/31 We came into Portage Valley in the early evening and found a great place lakeside to free dock for the night. The next day we decided to head to Whittier. The only road that goes to Whittier is a single lane train tunnel. The tunnel was originally built for trains but has been converted to allow vehicles to utilize it as well. Cars and trains take turns going through the tunnel. Going through a train tunnel is really neat. As we approached Whittier a train was waiting Its turn. After walking the town of Whittier we headed back to our free dock place for the night. Finn made a Swiss friend named Thomas  (he and his partner were camping there too) and then we left the next morning to tackle the world famous hand tram trail in Girdwood. It's a 2.25 mile trail (RT) that crosses the Winner Creek Gorge but you can only cross the gorge by a small hand tram. We all enjoyed the hike and really liked this two person tram. After t