Pacific Northwest & Alaska Region
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Katmai
We woke up at 7:00 am to catch our 9:00 am flight out of Lake Clark. We packed our bags and we were ready to begin our next adventure to Katmai National Park. However, the weather was poor (extreme fog and light rain) and our flight was delayed. Therefore, we took advantage of the time together by playing a friendly game of Scrabble. Winston won! He...
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Lake Clark
Lake Clark National Park (2.6 million acres) and Preserve (1.4 million acres) is not on the road system. Access is primarily by small aircraft. Our journey began when we left Glacier Bay on Monday afternoon, July 21st. We flew on Alaskan airlines to Juneau and then onto Anchorage. The weather was clear and the views were spectacular. We took a taxi to our hotel at America's...
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Glacier Bay
Glacier Bay National Park is located in Alaska on the Pacific coast near Gustavus. Our quest for our summer family vacation was to visit the remaining eight national parks to accomplish 59 before 18. All of them were in Alaska (our 50th state to visit). The journey to the final frontier began with 24 hours of traveling by commercial airplanes (Charlotte to Chicago... with a ten...
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Crater Lake
Crater Lake, the deepest lake in America, was the seventh and final park during our summer vacation. It also was the most picturesque. The reflections of cliffs, rocks, and trees on the sapphire blue water were unbeatable. We started our exploration of this attractive terrain by hiking the Mt. Scott Trail. It was an arduous ascent....
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