Note We’ve been having trouble completing blog entries because the internet in our currrent AirBnB is spotty. Hopefully we’ll get this one done today. We’ll be moving from Seward to Homer on Friday. Rainy Sunday The weather was predicted to be a bit more rainy and cloudy on Sunday that it had been and the…
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Lost Lake
Posted on Author GregoryPosted in Alaska, Alaska Trip, Birds, Flowers, Lakes, Moutains, Other wildlife, Waterfalls
The Decision We hadn’t decided what to do today but we had driven past a sign on the highway into Seward that pointed to the trailhead for Lost Lake. This was a hike that Arlene had noticed months ago when we were planning how long we would stay in Seward and what we might do…
Our Last Full Day at Denali
Healy Overlook Trail After breakfast and erging we took on the Healy Overlook Trail again. (See https://traveljournal.cakewood.org/2025/06/19/little-dudes/) The first time we were still breaking in our hiking legs and the descent was a little difficult so today was a fun little experiment. We climbed up a bit farther on the un-maintained trail than last time…
We Have Seen the Mountain
Buses In Denali National Park and Preserve there is a single main road that is roughly 92 miles long going from the entrance of the park on Highway 3 to Kantishna. The first 15 miles is paved and goes out to Savage River which is as far into the park as private vehicles are allowed…
Little Dudes
Mount Healy Yesterday we hiked partway up Mount Healy. We gained about 1000 feet in the 2 miles then another 1200 in next 1.4 miles. Honestly, we’re pretty fit and the hardest part on the way up was the heat. Electrolytes are cool. The descent was brutal. Not quite used to all that eccentric motion.…
Moose Butt
Errands We started the day with a list of questions. We started by driving the 20 miles north into Healy and going to Three Bears–one of a chain of Alaskan grocery stores. There we found a produce section that will be good enough and some bottled water. Then we returned 10 miles south to the…
In the Yukon
Smithers After Prince George we drove to Smithers, a cool little town in the shadow of Hudson Bay Moutain. We walked the neat downtown area in about 20 minutes. Two places of interest were Smithers Brewing Company and Bugwood Coffee. We stopped at the brewery and bought their attempts at an American Wheat and a…