Breland called Tiffin Motorhomes and they shipped two bolts to Anchorage. We will get the work done on our way back through Anchorage. In the meantime a folding step stool will have to do.
There are few good places to stay in Anchorage so we drove down the Turnagin Arm to Portage Glacier, stopping to take photos of the mountains and water and Dall sheep.
Williwaw Campground is near the Portage Glacier. Hale Boggs, a U.S. Senator from Louisiana, disappeared in an airplane near that Glacier. His plane has never been found. The campground is set below the glacier and has large back-ins and pullthroughs. Each space is separated by trees. Ours was next to a large waterfall and under Portage Glacier.
We spent three nights at Williwaw. The charge for campers with a Senior Pass is only $9 a night. The campground is between Seward and Anchorage and is in easy driving distance to both.
On our second day there we drove to Seward. A porcupine walked across the road on the road to Exit Glacier, the first we had seen outside of captivity. The walk to the glacier was pleasant. On the ride out Gayle was driving and the car stalled suddenly. She steered it to the side of the road and it would not re-start. Bre went hiking down the road to look for help but there were no services available for miles. Fortunately the car started again (trash in the lines?) and we went on to Seward with no problem. After a great meal in a Greek restaurant we drove through Seward a bit and headed back, hoping the car would keep working through the mountains.
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| Tundra Swans and Cygnets |
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| Exit Glacier |
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| Lake at Portage Glacier |
1 comment:
Wow. Has it been 7 years already?
The photos continue to be lovely. Wood columbine and water lilies in the same neighborhood. Interesting.
Amazing about the glacier's retreated distance. But then a glacier I had hiked to in 1988 on Mt. Rainier was gone in the late 90s.
What is left of this one is beautiful.
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