n-ICE & cold

It is almost over....only two days to go. Every breath is cool and dry and the temperature has been up to 76 degrees--except for yesterday.

We took the train from Anchorage to Portage by way of Whitter for a glacier rafting trip to Spencer Glacier and Lake. As usual we dressed in 6 or 7 layers of clothes so we could take it off and put it back on depending on the weather. It was raining the entire trip until the moment we docked.

Don't you think we look like four yellow barrels?

The glacier ice is blue as that color is not absorbed but reflected back from the ice. Our lips and fingers were blue too. It took over two hours to go about 4 miles from the glacier lake and snake around the river.... There are no fish in the lake or river as the glacial water is heavy with a silt of "glacial flour". The river flowed into Turnagain's Arm.

Tuesday we went South to Alyeska and to Portage Glacier. We had freebee coupons to take a cruise to that glacier and to visit a wildlife refuge. When you see the next photos....they were done the safe and easy way -through a fence.
Tomorrow Barb and Paula and I are going to the Nordstrom Birthday SALE and then to the Native Heritage Center. Patty and Nancy are going to walk along the Cook Inlet.

We are going to have a huge seafood dinner of Dungeness crabs, king crab legs, scallops, shrimp and escargot. It will be the gourmet finale to our great trip. Jealous?

Check back for Patty's blog for more on our travel and great pictures. BLESS THE BEASTS!
Gail