June 24, 2014 Portage to Anchorage (Golden Nugget RV Park, Anchorage, AK)

Morning plans before heading to Anchorage included a boat trip on Portage Lake to see Portage Glacier.

 Portage Lake with a 15' high ice berg floating.  Only ten percent of the berg is above water.  The lake is 650' deep.

 Close up of the glacier.

The glacier is 1/2 mile across/wide.  

 Brady, Jeff, Tanner, Landon, Natalie, Trisha, Gayla, Glen

Gayla and GlenE

Each glacier is unique and beautiful.

We shared the boat ride with a bus of travelers from all over the United States.  They all spoke with an accent that sounded alike.  Two of the ladies we spoke to were originally from the Ukraine, now from San Francisco; another was from Russia, now from New Jersey.  It was only the second day of their tour.  They were speechless at the beauty of the mountains and glacier.  They were all very gracious.

We continued toward Anchorage, stopping at the "Turnagain Arm Pit" for lunch.  Don't you just love the idea of eating bar-b-que at the "Arm Pit"!! They served St. Louis-style ribs and pulled pork sandwiches, and delicious.

We are back at the Golden Nugget RV Park in Anchorage.  It is centrally located, not the best of views (it is in the city) with full hook-ups; perfectly adequate for what we need.

Tomorrow it will be time to start "cleaning out" the two rental rv's.  They have to be turned in 8-10 a.m. Thursday morning.  Trisha, Jeff and kids are scheduled to fly at 5:15 A.M.  which means they will leave the RV park about 3:00-3:15 a.m.