Monthly Archives: June 2010
Day Two at the Copper River Princess
This morning we woke up to a cloudy day at the Copper River Princess. Since we had a good look at the Wrangell Range the night before we were all up for sleeping in followed by a leisurely breakfast at the Two Rivers Restaurant. Great food and service as usual. After breakfast we went to … Continue reading
Mr. McKinley? is that you?
4:23am, Ring, Ring, Hello? Mt McKinley is visible. Thanks, Click. We all hurried down to the main lodge and sure enough, there it was. Finally, months of planning, that seemed to be for nothing, all paid off. I don’t quite know how everyone felt at the time or if there were tiny tears in the … Continue reading
Day two at Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge
After being skunked for a view of the mountain top yesterday, we woke with high hopes. We went to the main lodge for a blueberry pancake breakfast. After breakfast the coffee drinkers among us has a really good mocha and sat in one of the viewing areas. Then we went for a short walk on … Continue reading
Anchorage to Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge
Today was a beautiful morning, we went to earthquake park in Anchorage and then started off towards Denali National Park. We had overcast sky most of the way and just past Wasilla we saw a tall range of mountains sticking up from the horizon, Dad was pretty sure it was Denali. Kara shouted STOP and … Continue reading
Alive in Alaska
We made it… As some of you are already aware, we are taking Kara’s parents for a tour of Alaska for their 40th Wedding Anniversary. We were off to a rough start this morning because the little Air Canada Jazz jet we were supposed to be on had some hydraulic issues. We all found it … Continue reading