Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

The four of us returned home from Alaska Wednesday morning, 5 AM! Let me just say that Alaska is incredible. I did three hikes in three days, met such nice folk, learned to appreciate every inch of a walk, and saw a lot of wildlife.


Five bears moseyed alongside the highways, four moose--one chilling in the middle of a pond with some swans--chewed on their moose chow as we whizzed pass, two red fox sidled by, countless ravens and bald eagles and hawks, a golden eagle up close. So many adventures and sight-seeing.


Three days to get there, four days visiting, and two days back. I saw my pops. He made us a sourdough pancake breakfast twice--so yummy! And an interesting, perhaps random, occurrence: My appetite was monstrous! I ate so much food and was hungry all the time.


Beautiful, serene, clean, wonderful.