Friday, August 22, 2014

public transport

It was a glacier day on the Alaska marine highway. We left early (for us) from Seward and traveled through intermittent fog. The portage glacier area was foggy, so all we saw there was some small icebergs floating in the mist.

The so-called Whittier tunnel was a unique driving experience due to its length, small single lane size, and railroad tracks in the middle of the roadway.  The roadway ends at Whittier harbor a mile after emerging from the granite massif.  It was a bright sunny day and we pbj picniced on the truck tailgate.

Before long we were lining up and loading onto the ferry vessel Aurora for a 5 1/2 hour trip through prince William sound. We passed by many glaciers and ice fields (Sorry no names) and sighted a whale, a dolphin, and a sea lion resting on a bouy. Visibility was excellent with the exception of a couple of fog banks.  It was our first public transport on this trip. We really enjoyed letting someone else do the driving. There was a reasonably price mess, lots of quiet, comforable places to sit, and plenty of fresh air on deck.

Here in Valdez we had fresh, large seafood portions for dinner. Best salmon I've ever had. Drove around the head of the bay to sightsee. Collapsed in a modular construction motel with paper thin walls.

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