Crab on a Mountain Top

So what about Alyeska/Girdwood?  You know–the namesake of this blog.  What did it look like? Due to the side trip to Whittier, I barely saw the place.  I got back to the Alyeska Resort around 9 p.m., and Mom and I grabbed the last upward-bound tram to the highly rated Seven Glaciers Restaurant.  Neither of us was very [...]

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Can you get there from here? Part II: Whittier

  In June this year, I took an Introduction to Sea Kayaking lesson from Chicago Kayak in the calm, delightful, and little-known Skokie Lagoons.  It was fabulous.  I learned about equipment, practiced a few strokes, and survived an overpowered hip snap that unexpectedly turned into a 360 degree roll, a wet exit, and a T [...]

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Big animals behind wire

From the SeaLife Center, we drove north up the Seward Highway, up the Kenai Peninsula, through the beautiful Chugach National Forest and Chugach Mountains, toward our evening’s destination:  Alyeska (or do you say Girdwood?).  I believe it was the only truly BRIGHT, sunny day of the whole trip, from beginning to end. We passed Sheep Mountain (Sheep [...]

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