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---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...

--Current Location Corvallis Oregon --- 7/7-7/25 Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula is a gorgeous place. One of the best things to do is fish on the Kenai and boy did we. Dan went out on a Charter for Halibut from Homer and caught a 40 lb Halibut and another 20 lb (only allowed 2 one big and one small per day) he caught more but kept those two. Ended up with enough fish to last us several months 😀 . Besides the charter both Dan and Finn fished in lagoons (Homer), Rivers (Soldotna) and lakes (Kenai Wildlife Refuge). We hiked Exit Glacier (Seward) a 2.5 mile trail (RT) and were rewarded with a brilliant turquoise blue view of the Glacier. Finn has become an amazing little hiker he did the entire thing without complaints. We got a sense of what it would be like to live in Soldotna (spent a great deal of time here) enjoyed their live music on Wednesdays, caught the Progress Day Festival and Parade. Witnessed local Alaskans dip netting experienced dirt track car racing at Twin...