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Alaska Trip (1) Introduction

Changde Wu    2014-05-04


This is the overview of family travel of 2012 to Alaska.

Part 1: Itinerary

Date Itinerary Stay
06/22 F AA: Boston -> Chicago -> Seattle -> Anchorage
Arrived at Anchorage at about 11:00 PM， Picked up Rental Car to Hotel. 		Anchorage
06/23 Sa Head to Denali NP
Stop over Talkeetna, air tour of Mt. McKinley
Visit Denali NP 		Denali
06/24 Su Denali Highway
Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park visitor Center at Copper Center
Copper Center
06/25 M Head to Valdez， stop over Worthington Glacier
One group for Stan Stephens Meares Glacier Excursion, another group for Columbia Glacier Cruise 		Valdez
06/26 Tu Valdez->Chitina->McCarthy->Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park
Copper Center
06/27 W Glenn Highway road side
Matanuska Glacier 		Anchorage
06/28 Th Kenai Fjord National Park Day Cruise Homer
06/29 F Bear watching at Lake Clark National Park Anchorage
06/30 Sa Head to Whittier for Diamond Princess Diamond Princess
07/1 Su View Hubbard Glacier from ship Diamond Princess
07/2 M Glacier Bay National Park from ship
Diamond Princess
07/3 Th Skagway
Bus tour of Yukon territory
Skagway Clondike National Historic Park 		Diamond Princess
07/4 W Juneau
Mandellhall Glacier 		Diamond Princess
07/5 Th Ketchikan
Totem Museum
Misty Fjord National Monument 		Diamond Princess
07/6 F On the sea Diamond Princess
07/7 Sa Anchor in Vancouver， Rental Car pickup from airport
China town in Richmond
Stanley Park 		Bellingham, WA
07/8 Su North Cascade National Park Seattle
07/9 M Olympia
Mt.Rainier National Park 		Airplane
07/10 Tu Delta Air from Seattle(0：30 AM)-> St Paul MN -> Boston(11：00 AM)

Photos of daily highlight

Alaska Travel route
P1 Alaska Travel route, the number with red color indicates the day order
Alaska from airplane
P2 Alaska Snow peaks under airplane
Mt. McKinley from airplane
P3 The glacier and Mt. Denali from tour plane
Snow peaks along the Denali Highway
P4 The plain and the distant snow mountains
Wathington Glacier near Valdez
P5 Worthington Glacier on the road side just north of Valdez
Valdez in Mist
P6 Valdez in the mist
People over the Wrangell Glacier
P7 On the Root Glacier at Kennecott, Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park
Close look at Matanuska Glacier
P8 Matanuska Glacier on the road side of Glenn Highway
Humpback Whales in Kenai Fjord National Park
P9 Wildlife watching from Kenai Fjord National Park Day Cruise
Brown Bear in Lake Clarke National Park
P10 Bears in Lake Clark National Park
Whitier, a small town near Anchorage where cruise starts
P11 Whittier, a small town south Anchorage, the place to board Diamond Princess
Bubbard Glacier inside Yakutat Bay
P12 The Hubbard Glacier in Yakutat Bay
Glacier Bay National Park
P13 Grand Pacific Glacier in Tar inlet
Clondike Gold Rush Highway
P14 The bridge on Klondike Hwy. between Skagway and White Pass
Mandellhall Glacier near Juneau
P15 Mandellhall Glacier and waterfalls near Juneau, AK
Misty Fjord National Monument from the air
P16 Misty Fjord National Monument from seaplane
Snow Peaks all the cruise way
P17 The distant snow peaks from the cruise ship on the way from Ketchikan to Vancouver

Alaska Trip (2) Flying Around Mt. McKinley