Where was I? Oh yes, Kennicott. In the old mine which is gonna be my summer cabin when I retire. Well, it was anyways time to leave that paradise behind and go to see some more wildlife, this time in the ocean!
We drove to Valdez, amazing scenery (again, I know, I'm repeating myself...), we literarily drove into a glacier on the way. The town itself doesn't need any extra mentions, a boring place. The reason to go to Valdez is anyways the Prince William Sound. We booked a glacier cruise with the small Lu-Lu Belle ship and I finally saw a whale! And not only one. We followed a mom & baby humpbacks for quite a while. A group of Dall's Porpoises followed the ship for maybe on an hour, we found floating sea otters and loads of sea lions on the coast. This would have been reason enough to come to Alaska.
After 2 nights in Valdez we drove back to Anchorage. The scenery was amazing. Who would have guessed?
In Anchorage we hiked up to flattop mountain on a really hot day and had a midsummer party at Sanna's yard. I might have to admit that grilled Alaskan salmon is ridiculously delicious!!! Especially when u wash it down with too much beer & red wine. The might have been some "champagne" too.
On Sunday Melanie & I drove to the Kenai peninsula for one night. Bad weather, didn't see much and did even less. Mt. Marathon, I'll do you some other year! Now it's time to say goodbye, hug my baby (the pick-up) one last time and put on the flip flops. As I'll land in Jamaica on Wednesday afternoon :) :) :)
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