September 22, 2013 Sunday Day 78 A peaceful morning, sunny, low 40s, a cool soft breeze blowing. Our campground is so nice, clean, quiet, with gorgeous views of mountains and the lake. We got all ready to leave and BAM! our peaceful morning just got very stressful. We had trouble getting the camper up the steep gravel exit drive out of the campground; the wheels of our car just spun around and around. We tried going out the entrance and same thing. So we went ...

September 16, 2013 Monday Day 72 We were getting ready to leave Valdez this morning and a bear was right outside our camper, about 20 feet away. Michael was outside, unhooking the water, etc. when he noticed the bear coming up the bank from the beach. The bear saw Michael and went to stand by a nearby tree. Michael opened the camper door and told me a bear was right outside. We yelled at him to go away, raised our arms up to make ourselves look bigger, and not...

September 15, 2013 Sunday Day 71 Spending the day on Prince William Sound, on a Glacier and Wildlife Cruise. It is sunny, oh happy day! Our boat, Valdez Spirit was roomy and had the most comfortable seats, inside as well as on deck. Soon after we left the harbor, on our way to Columbia Glacier, we saw a black bear on the beach. Other wildlife sightings included numerous harbor seals, eagles, sea lions and sea otters. They served us lunch on the cruise which ...

September 14, 2013 Saturday Day 70 This campsite is so nice, right on the water; from time to time, we hear the horn from a ship or ferry passing by, announcing their comings and goings. I think it's neat to hear. We stayed in all day and watched College Football, plus, through the camper windows, I watched boats go by. It was another rainy cool 40s day. We also booked an all day Glacier and Wildlife Cruise for tomorrow in Prince William Sound. Can't wait! I...

September 13, 2013 Friday Day 69 Cold, rainy day. Wildlife viewing day. There were several ravens around our camper when we woke up this morning. A few of them were walking on the camper roof. They sound so funny, prancing around up there. We also saw some bunnies near the camper. Our campground owner told us that a few years ago, someone dumped off a basket of bunnies near the boat harbor (where our campsite is located) and these bunnies stayed. Over the ye...