Derek and Ann’s Travels in USA
August/September 2016
Several
years
ago,
we
met
Jim
in
Nepal,
kept
in
touch
with
him
and
his
family
who
eventually
came
over
to
the
UK
to
see
us.
We
decided
to
visit
them
in
Alaska
but
knew
for
them
the
best
time
of
year would be in August.
We
had
a
wonderful
few
weeks
in
Alaska,
which
is
a
very
beautiful
State,
just
wonderful
scenery,
friendly people and lots to see.
Jim
and
Carolyn
made
us
very
welcome
in
their
home
and
after
just
one
night’s
sleep
whisked
us
off
to
the
largest
park
in
Alaska,
the
Wrangell
St.
Elias.
We
visited
the
old
mining
town,
saw
lots
of
glaciers
(Derek
walked
on
one,
see
photo)
and
enjoyed
the
scenery.
We
then
hired
a
car
(at
great
expense,
not
cheap
in
Alaska)
and
went
off
on
our
own
to
the
Denali
National
Park
where
we
were
lucky
to
see
lots
of
grizzly
hears
(one
just
walked
alongside
the
bus),
Caribou
etc.
Denali
is
a
lovely
park
and
well
run
as
visitors
just
use
the
allocated
buses
to
get
around
and
on
and
off
where
you
liked.
From
Denali
we
went
up
to
Fairbanks
where
we
swam
in
some
hot
springs
an
visited
an
ice
museum.
Mount
Denali
(the
old
name
is
Mount
McKinley)
is
usually
only
visible
a
few
times
a
year,
we
were
lucky
to
see
it
very
clearly
while
we
were
in
the
area.
Later
we
drove
to
Homer
and
also
to
Seward
– again lovely scenery. We travelled many miles in Alaska but loved every moment.
We
then
went
by
air
to
Sitka
where
we
got
on
the
Alaskan
Marine
Highway
boat
down
to
Bellingham
and
into
Canada.
This
is
by
far
the
best
way
to
travel
as
it
is
a
local
boat
and
interesting
with even tens on board plus dogs in cars below deck. Very local.
We
had
a
couple
of
days
in
Vancouver
which
we
enjoyed,
walking
along
the
side
of
the
large
Stanley park and also had a day around the Capalino Bridge.
On
again,
this
time
via
air
to
our
friends
living
in
Grand
Rapids.
One
night
with
them
and
they
then
took
us
to
their
cottage
on
the
side
of
Lake
Michigan.
Swimming
in
the
lake
was
like
swimming
in
the
sea,
waves
sand
and
nothing
on
the
horizon.
A
few
days
here,
back
to
Grand
Rapids
and
a
good
drive
to
their
lodge
in
the
middle
of
the
woods
further
North.
We
loved
staying
the
woods
which they owned and having BBQ’s outside with deer popping in to watch us.
At
the
end
of
our
5
weeks
in
the
States
we
flew
down
to
Philadelphia
to
stay
with
our
friends
from
Colwall,
Sarah
and
Simon
Marlow
for
just
a
night
before
a
flight
home
(amazing
as
this
flight
only
had 35 passengers in economy, we could sit anywhere)!!
A wonderful holiday, expensive but great.
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August/September 2016
Several
years
ago,
we
met
Jim
in
Nepal,
kept
in
touch
with
him
and
his
family
who
eventually
came
over
to
the
UK
to
see
us.
We
decided
to
visit
them
in
Alaska
but
knew
for
them
the
best
time of year would be in August.
We
had
a
wonderful
few
weeks
in
Alaska,
which
is
a
very
beautiful
State,
just
wonderful
scenery,
friendly
people
and
lots to see.
Jim
and
Carolyn
made
us
very
welcome
in
their
home
and
after
just
one
night’s
sleep
whisked
us
off
to
the
largest
park
in
Alaska,
the
Wrangell
St.
Elias.
We
visited
the
old
mining
town,
saw
lots
of
glaciers
(Derek
walked
on
one,
see
photo)
and
enjoyed
the
scenery.
We
then
hired
a
car
(at
great
expense,
not
cheap
in
Alaska)
and
went
off
on
our
own
to
the
Denali
National
Park
where
we
were
lucky
to
see
lots
of
grizzly
hears
(one
just
walked
alongside
the
bus),
Caribou
etc.
Denali
is
a
lovely
park
and
well
run
as
visitors
just
use
the
allocated
buses
to
get
around
and
on
and
off
where
you
liked.
From
Denali
we
went
up
to
Fairbanks
where
we
swam
in
some hot springs an visited an ice museum.
Mount
Denali
(the
old
name
is
Mount
McKinley)
is
usually
only
visible
a
few
times
a
year,
we
were
lucky
to
see
it
very
clearly
while
we
were
in
the
area.
Later
we
drove
to
Homer
and
also
to
Seward
–
again
lovely
scenery.
We
travelled
many
miles in Alaska but loved every moment.
We
then
went
by
air
to
Sitka
where
we
got
on
the
Alaskan
Marine
Highway
boat
down
to
Bellingham
and
into
Canada.
This
is
by
far
the
best
way
to
travel
as
it
is
a
local
boat
and
interesting
with
even
tens
on
board
plus
dogs
in
cars
below
deck. Very local.
We
had
a
couple
of
days
in
Vancouver
which
we
enjoyed,
walking
along
the
side
of
the
large
Stanley
park
and
also
had
a day around the Capalino Bridge.
On
again,
this
time
via
air
to
our
friends
living
in
Grand
Rapids.
One
night
with
them
and
they
then
took
us
to
their
cottage
on
the
side
of
Lake
Michigan.
Swimming
in
the
lake
was
like
swimming
in
the
sea,
waves
sand
and
nothing
on
the
horizon.
A
few
days
here,
back
to
Grand
Rapids
and
a
good
drive
to
their
lodge
in
the
middle
of
the
woods
further
North.
We
loved
staying
the
woods
which
they
owned
and
having
BBQ’s outside with deer popping in to watch us.
At
the
end
of
our
5
weeks
in
the
States
we
flew
down
to
Philadelphia
to
stay
with
our
friends
from
Colwall,
Sarah
and
Simon
Marlow
for
just
a
night
before
a
flight
home
(amazing
as
this
flight
only
had
35
passengers
in
economy,
we
could
sit
anywhere)!!
A wonderful holiday, expensive but great.
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