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  4. CRUISE TO ALASKA!

ANCHORAGE AREA (INCLUDING SUTTON)

Our magical trip nears the end.
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Dennis talks to a seaplane charter operator about purchasing a ticket for a flight. But Bev and I had to leave for our own flight very soon, so after our walk from here back to our hotel, we left Dennis and Judy to head for the airport and they got to have a nice private small-craft flight prior to their departure from Anchorage.<br /> <br /> Thank-you so much for joining us, Dennis and Judy! <br /> <br /> Y'all can see our great views from the flight from Anchorage to Seattle in the NEXT album, coming soon!
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Dennis talks to a seaplane charter operator about purchasing a ticket for a flight. But Bev and I had to leave for our own flight very soon, so after our walk from here back to our hotel, we left Dennis and Judy to head for the airport and they got to have a nice private small-craft flight prior to their departure from Anchorage.

Thank-you so much for joining us, Dennis and Judy!

Y'all can see our great views from the flight from Anchorage to Seattle in the NEXT album, coming soon!

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  • Matanuska River, washing out a huge area. In fact, this is at a roadside park which was actually closed. There were little makeshift memorials here, leading me to conclude that someone may have died when this cliff in the foreground washed out (part of the walkway on the people-trodden side of the safety fence was included in this collapse).
  • Yep: We were adventuresome and dared to step over the warning signs. We were very careful, though, and knew that, of course, the signs were not meant for us. ;-)
  • Looking out over the river valley.
  • Wood-fired pizza and fresh Alaska salmon at the Glacier Brewhouse in downtown Anchorage. Look good? It is!<br /> <br /> For more, see <a href="http://www.glacierbrewhouse.com/">http://www.glacierbrewhouse.com/</a>
  • Dennis walking the beach at Point Woronzof. In the background, across Cook Inlet, you see some very tall mountains and some of the several active Alaskan volcanoes, including Mount Redoubt (10,197 feet, last erupted 2009), Augustine Volcano (4,134 feet, last eruption 2006), and Mount Iliamna (10,016 feet, last eruption 1876). These mountains form the eastern portion of the Aleutian Arc, one of the most volcanically active regions in the world.<br /> <br /> Cook Inlet has the greatest tidal variation in the United States, averaging a 30-foot drop from high tide to low tide. It was impressive as we walked this beach: The tide was going down, and you could literally walk out noticeably further every 15 or 20 minutes.
  • Oh, and this is also quite close to the airport. A great place to watch planes coming in for landing.
  • Hey, wait! Bev just found something!
  • Dennis: Can you see what Bev just found?
  • Mud! She found mud! There is mud in Cook Inlet! Cool!<br /> <br /> Actually, this was an amazing clay: No grain to it at all. Felt silky-smooth. It really did feel soothing, like it should be in some type of therapeutic cosmetics or something.
  • Oh, and speaking of planes: First time I've ever seen a Stealth B2 Spirit bomber in real life. From what I've read, there were only 21 of these ever produced, with 20 still flying.
  • Hey, you two: I can't express enough how much I enjoyed having you on this trip!
  • Remember the pizza and salmon you saw from Glacier Brewpub? Well, we had leftovers the next day while relaxing at Lake Hood , home of the World's busiest seaplane base (with an average of 190 flights per day). Notice all the planes on the far side of the lake?
  • Dennis talks to a seaplane charter operator about purchasing a ticket for a flight. But Bev and I had to leave for our own flight very soon, so after our walk from here back to our hotel, we left Dennis and Judy to head for the airport and they got to have a nice private small-craft flight prior to their departure from Anchorage.<br /> <br /> Thank-you so much for joining us, Dennis and Judy! <br /> <br /> Y'all can see our great views from the flight from Anchorage to Seattle in the NEXT album, coming soon!
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