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Good morning, my friends. Welcome to July! It was cloudy for a good part of the morning, and so it was a good day to do some laundry. We'd already planned on Egg McMuffins. Is there a better way to start the day? It took the sting out of doing laundry just knowing we'd pre-reward ourselves with a sumptuous breakfast. And while I'd ordinarily entertain you with pictures of our food, today I'll break with tradition and show you the inside of this particular McDonald's. I liked these simple murals on the walls mainly, I ...

Good morning, my friends. Welcome to July! It was cloudy for a good part of the morning, and so it was a good day to do some laundry. We'd already planned on Egg McMuffins. Is there a better way to start the day? It took the sting out of doing laundry just knowing we'd pre-reward ourselves with a sumptuous breakfast. And while I'd ordinarily entertain you with pictures of our food, today I'll break with tradition and show you the inside of this particular McDonald's. I liked these simple murals on the walls mainly, I ...

 Good morning, my friends. Just after posting yesterday, I stepped outside for a few minutes. While I was out, I heard the distinctive call of a bald eagle. Taking a look around...holy-moly!...there were two perched on a roof not 50 yards away. So I grabbed my camera with the telephoto lens and captured this image. We've seen a few bald eagles on our trip, but this was the first time we got a really good look at them.

 Good morning, my friends. Just after posting yesterday, I stepped outside for a few minutes. While I was out, I heard the distinctive call of a bald eagle. Taking a look around...holy-moly!...there were two perched on a roof not 50 yards away. So I grabbed my camera with the telephoto lens and captured this image. We've seen a few bald eagles on our trip, but this was the first time we got a really good look at them.

Good morning, my friends. It was a beautiful sunny day in Homer yesterday. It was nice to see the sun after so many days of rain. I showed you the view from our back window in a previous post. Looking in one direction, it looks like this:

Good morning, my friends. It was a beautiful sunny day in Homer yesterday. It was nice to see the sun after so many days of rain. I showed you the view from our back window in a previous post. Looking in one direction, it looks like this:

Good morning, my friends. Wonder of wonders! Miracle of miracles! The sun is shining this morning! Yay! We've been almost a full week in the gloom and drizzle. And, here in Homer, this seems to be a good place for walking. It'll be nice to be outside.

Our first point of interest on yesterday's drive was this viewing area described in our Milepost.

We didn't see any bears, but we did see this pair of trumpeter swans with their cignets.

Shortly after ...

Good morning, my friends. Wonder of wonders! Miracle of miracles! The sun is shining this morning! Yay! We've been almost a full week in the gloom and drizzle. And, here in Homer, this seems to be a good place for walking. It'll be nice to be outside.

Our first point of interest on yesterday's drive was this viewing area described in our Milepost.

We didn't see any bears, but we did see this pair of trumpeter swans with their cignets.

Shortly after ...

Good morning, my friends. We'll say good-bye to Seward this morning and make our way to Homer. We'll have four days in Homer before we backtrack along the roads we came in on. After Homer, we'll spend a couple of nights in Soldotna before making our way to Anchorage. This section of our trip has the most number of days in single spots. 

The weather could be more cooperative, but it hasn't prevented us from doing anything we really wanted to do. Also, no one has died, and so we consider that good fortune. (I really ...

Good morning, my friends. We'll say good-bye to Seward this morning and make our way to Homer. We'll have four days in Homer before we backtrack along the roads we came in on. After Homer, we'll spend a couple of nights in Soldotna before making our way to Anchorage. This section of our trip has the most number of days in single spots. 

The weather could be more cooperative, but it hasn't prevented us from doing anything we really wanted to do. Also, no one has died, and so we consider that good fortune. (I really ...

Good afternoon, my friends. I told you I was taking tomorrow off from blogging because we have an early boat to catch. Still, I wanted to tell you about the stuff we did today while it's still fresh in my mind. 

We started by driving into town to visit the Kenai Fjords National Park visitor center. I was able to pick up a refrigerator magnet there. On down the road, we would visit the Exit Glacier Area.

There was ...

Good afternoon, my friends. I told you I was taking tomorrow off from blogging because we have an early boat to catch. Still, I wanted to tell you about the stuff we did today while it's still fresh in my mind. 

We started by driving into town to visit the Kenai Fjords National Park visitor center. I was able to pick up a refrigerator magnet there. On down the road, we would visit the Exit Glacier Area.

There was ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a short drive to Seward yesterday. We were going to be early for our check-in, and so we'd planned a few stops along the way. Our first stop was here at Lower Summit Lake. Looking across...an idyllic setting. It's probably less inviting in winter.

Looking in the opposite direction, it looked like this. If it isn't obvious, it was a gray and drizzly drive.

Mainly, we pulled off here to see the wildflowers promised by the Milepost. This was ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a short drive to Seward yesterday. We were going to be early for our check-in, and so we'd planned a few stops along the way. Our first stop was here at Lower Summit Lake. Looking across...an idyllic setting. It's probably less inviting in winter.

Looking in the opposite direction, it looked like this. If it isn't obvious, it was a gray and drizzly drive.

Mainly, we pulled off here to see the wildflowers promised by the Milepost. This was ...

Good morning, my friends. It was one of our longer days of driving yesterday. We had gray skies almost all day long with very brief sunbreaks. Somehow I was expecting more when we reached Hope, but it is what it is. I have lots to tell you about our drive yesterday, so let's just get right to it.

Right away after pulling out of the campground, we crossed over Kashwitna Lake. 

We passed through the little town of Houston, Alaska. 

Here's what our Milepost tells us ...

Good morning, my friends. It was one of our longer days of driving yesterday. We had gray skies almost all day long with very brief sunbreaks. Somehow I was expecting more when we reached Hope, but it is what it is. I have lots to tell you about our drive yesterday, so let's just get right to it.

Right away after pulling out of the campground, we crossed over Kashwitna Lake. 

We passed through the little town of Houston, Alaska. 

Here's what our Milepost tells us ...

Good morning, my friends. We'll be moving on to Hope, Alaska, this morning. It's one of our longer drives of the trip. We'll pass by Anchorage for the time being, heading down to Hope, Seward, and Homer, before making our way back to Anchorage. 

For now, let's talk about Talkeetna, which was our reason for being in this area. Remember the little quilt I showed you in the quilt shop post yesterday?

Well...there's the sign!

Good morning, my friends. We'll be moving on to Hope, Alaska, this morning. It's one of our longer drives of the trip. We'll pass by Anchorage for the time being, heading down to Hope, Seward, and Homer, before making our way back to Anchorage. 

For now, let's talk about Talkeetna, which was our reason for being in this area. Remember the little quilt I showed you in the quilt shop post yesterday?

Well...there's the sign!