ALASKA 2009

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    1:35 stopped at Mt. Elias (two volcanoes) Blaze cooked lunch in parkin lot.  Sausages and toast.  Smells delicious....yup! delicious.

* I'm still awed at every nook and cranny, every turn reveals something completely differnt and equally beautiful.  This is not an exaggeration.  One could spend a lifetime here and never have the problem of redundancy.

* Ohh yeah, picked and ate wild blueberries and cranberries this morning.
    2:42pm
Just got back on the road after a quick stop at "Knife Man's".  This place was quintacential Alaska! Big burly man with a long white beard ( not much unlike Santa Claus) and Mrs not much different than Mrs Claus.

The outside was cluttered with moose and caribou antlers and large wood  carvings of bears.  Inside was a treasure trove of everything Alaska.  Old and dusty elk head, brown bear fur, badger, mink, coyoite furs as well.  Sweet walking sticks, a small wood stove in the corner, a large piece of whale something?? that had a scene of Eskimos with a dog team chasing a polar bear etched into it. 

The very few knives that he had in the center of the room on a small table were absolutely beautiful, but way out of our league.  

Dave did find an awesome pocket knife with a moose etched into it  and blaze bought earings for his mom.
    5:09 pm
Aprox 40 miles to Valdez, Blaze and Dave see a waterfall and thoughts that they could hike to it started flying around. "Where there is a will, there is a way" Blaze said.  Unfortunetely it was inaccessible.

A few miles later a big glacier ahead (pervious and above) and the "Hike to it" idea was in full swing again.  The commitment grew to almost 100% when we see a sign ahead.  Turns out it is MT Worthington Glacier and park. We were able to drive right up to it!