Thursday 12th June Anchorage to Valdez We were up early at 6.30am and boarded our Cosmos Bus at 8.45am heading for Whittier. We passed Turnagain Arm which is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of two narrow branches of Cook Inlet the other being Knik Arm. We stopped at Portage Glacier which is on the Kenai Peninsula. We then went through the longest tunnel in North America, the Anton Anderson Memorial which is 4184 met...

Wednesday 11th June Anchorage We were up at 6am this morning and walked to the Steam Dot Coffee Shack and had a decent coffee and breakfast. We continued into downtown Anchorage to the Visitors Centre where we took a shuttle bus to the Alaska Heritage Centre which is located ten miles from downtown Anchorage, and is situated on 26 wooded acres. Inside - the Hall of Cultures, theatre and Gathering Place are home to activities and demonstrations. Outside ar...

Tuesday 10th June Anchorage It was raining heavily again this morning. We packed our day packs and our rain gear and walked down to Ship Creek to see the Salmon coming in. There were plenty of local fishermen, but no salmon. We walked to the Eisenhower Alaska Statehood Memorial Monument which overlooks Ship Creek and the Alaska Railway Yards. It was also close to where the tent city of Knik Anchorage was set up in 1914. This monument celebrates the 1959...

Monday 9th June Anchorage We were woken up by the cleaners at around 10am and had to ask them how to work the coffee machine. Bloody awful expresso!! Off exploring today starting with a walking tour around downtown. We had lunch at a Sandwich Bar and then headed for the Tony Knowles Coast Walk which is a beautiful coastal trail along Knik Arm and Cook Inlet winding gently along the coast eleven miles from downtown to the chalet at Kincaid Park. The entir...

Sunday 8th June 2014 Melbourne to Anchorage Pete and I departed Melbourne Airport on United Airlines Flight 840. First stop was Sydney where we had a three hour wait, next leg was to San Francisco where we went through Customs and Immigration and then had an eight hour wait. We finally arrived in Anchorage at 11.17pm on 8th June. Now I know why it is called the land of the Midnight Sun - it's still daylight..................I contacted the Ramada Inn and...