My Adventures in Alaska

Hello Everyone,

I figured that I would test this out and see if I had successfully added myself to the blog. Hope everyone is doing well. It was so wonderful to meet all of you and for those of you that I already know to get a chance to spend a quality few days with you.

The first group of my summer Alaskan visitors just went home and my parents are arriving this coming friday to stay until July 31st (I believe that's the correct day).

With my friends Wendy and Darlene, I went up to Denali National Park for several days and took the bus trip into the park. We had a lot of luck and saw many grizzly bears, several of which were up close. One was on a hillside and got spooked by the bus and came scrambling down and then ran down the road aways and over the side of a hillside and dropped down below us. Another was a sow bear with her 3-4 cubs, I never could get an exact count because they were in and out of the bushes, as she herded them up the hill and over the top where we couldn't see them anymore. We also saw a grizzly bear flopped down on a hillside and asleep, something I have never seen before.

Next we went to Seward and took the wildlife and glacier cruise and were extremely lucky to have gotten the captain that was determined to show us the whales and orcas. He put us in the middle of a super pod of orcas (5-6 families) that had come together for the breeding activities so were in the midst of about 50 orcas in a 3 mile radius around us. we also saw humpback whales, stellar sea lions, countless birds, sea otters, and several glaciers.

We also did some short hikes in Denali, at Exit Glacier north of Seward, and at Eagle River.

Well I'll sign off for now. take care everyone. after I get some pictures done, I'll post a few of the better ones.

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