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Seward Highway - the one road south of Anchorage - crappy views!
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since it was only 2pm we decided to stop in Girdwood for their Forest Fair - it was a neat hippie fest - we looked at neat handm
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we had our fun - heading north to Anchorage
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2nd place approaching finish line - she was in front the whole time, but got passed in the final stretch - stlil they both made
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women's winner coming towards the finish line - she's from Seward and won 6 years in a row
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they really run up that mountain
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Jason advertised for the Dispatch while watching the race
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Mt. Marathon race - 3,022 ft up - they start downtown, head west to mtn, go UP, then down and back to town
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we were down the beach, but still got a good show of downtown
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yay- firecracker day!
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this is dark (pictures don't do it justice) - the fireworks display in downtown Seward was at midnight because that's about the
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catch of the day - we watched them haul their boat in, then they hung up their catch -we were lounging in rocking chairs on a de
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otters - great view from the shore driving down to our cabin
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Hobo Jim - if you watch Deadliest Catch, you might know who he is - we saw him perform in Seward
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the Iditarod trail actually started in Seward and went the Anchorage then Nome as a mail route, but now the dog sled race starts
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leisurely stroll along the sea in Seward (Resurrection Bay)
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Mt. Marathon (July 4th in Seward every year) - this is where they start up the mountain!
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pretty valley
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We wanted to see where the racers start their trek up the mountain
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bowl of butt
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Jason saw this sign and had to go in...(downtown Seward)
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we were there 7/3/10
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glacier ice, dead land, new growth = interesting cycle
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you know it's a glacier from the blue ice
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learning more from Ranger Stan
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Us at Exit Glacier - it was slightly rainy, but still a refreshing hike
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looking around at the dead land left when the glacier pulled back
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up close and personal - Exit Glacier
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We hiked up to the Glacier - about 1 mile there, but Stan stopped us a lot to tell us about the wildlife. plants, glacier, etc.
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whose poop is this?
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wishing rocks
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we took a ranger-led tour with Stan - he smarted us up
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there were signs leading up to the trailhead with years on them - we figured out they were showing us where the glacier was in t
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our first look at Exit Glacier
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Jason felt like we were in a ski town - I love looking around at the mountains.
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yay - a holiday weekend - our first Alaskan wine - Black Rasberry from a winery in Homer
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I said we were roughing it - see our sleeping bags?
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come on, why not watch Northern Exposure on a projector in a cabin in the woods in Alaska?
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"roughing it"
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Miller's Landing - we stayed here 6 years ago, so we knew it would work
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walk along the beach in Seward - you can see the town off in the distance
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we hauled a tralier across the US
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a little help
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another view
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and the leftovers?
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loading docks in Seattle
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goodbye for now
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2 weeks on a barge
