Take a Trip with Me to Alaska-Come On-You Know You Want To Go!

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This is your chance to take a virtual trip to Alaska. I am here. Right now. Yes-Alaska!! And I want you to join me.

Before we land, I had a few details to take care of first.

As I packaged up our materials and printed out maps ahead of time--okay I know I could use GPS, etc, but I like to see the map. One particular city caught my attention. It will be only 1 1/2 hours from one of our destinations. I'm not sure if we can squeeze it in, but wouldn't it be great to see:

Seriously!!

Call me crazy. I would love to slide this in to our schedule. It may take some extra smooth talking with hubby.

Maybe next week I'll have a pic for you from there.

Back to our adventure.

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Nestled in the valley of some great skiing mountains is the Alyeska Resort.

You'll need lots of bug spray today. The mosquitos received the memo and came out in force to greet you.

When you peek out the window at 2am, you will see this much light. If you happen to wake again at 4am, you'll see the same thing!

The area east of Anchorage has glaciers, mountains, oceans, and rain forests. So, would you like to take a hike with me?

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These little flowers lined the trail.

Let's look for some more:

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We'll have to be careful on this trail though. A sign at the beginning of the said:

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I especially liked the color of this flower

Now, If you look above this plant you will see:

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Our trail will lead us to this waterfalls. The sign said it is about a twenty eight mile hike. Unfortunately we don't have enough time today, but at least we hiked up some of the ways.

Two things surprised me so far on this trip.

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1. Glaciers have a distinct blue color in the ice. Snow does not.

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2. The area east of Anchorage is a rainforest. Really! Apparently the temperatures do not need to be sizzling hot to have a rain forest!

What would you like to see in Alaska?

Be sure to let me know in the comment section.

I may be able to find it and take a photo for you.

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