The trip down the Seward Highway with Chugach Park Forested mountains on one side and Turnagain Arm of Cook's Inlet and the Alaskan Mt range on the other...
The drive was so pretty we kept going and soon came upon a glacier off in the distance...
We were intrigued to know where it was and got out a detailed map where we noticed an area called Portage Glacier that perhaps we could get close. Well, we stumbled across a beautiful State Park with a little $34 boat ride with a Forest Ranger that could have been worth 3X that amount! The Ptarmingan, named after the state bird took you in a boat ride past 7 different glaciers on Portage Lake off of Prince William Sound. Portage was the largest, it used to extend well into the lake but was receding as much as 20ft a year! Still, Portage is 1/2 mi wide, 20 mi long and 600 ft high!
After the fabulous boat trip narrated by a ranger originally from Nags Head, NC, we went on a 1 mi hike out to Byron Glacier, so cool!
it was a great day and we started home, we had dinner reservations to make and what do you think we saw...Mama Moose and her calves...
Our great day was topped off by dinner at this little restaurant, only 14 tables where their specialties are Macadamia Nut Encrusted Halibut and Table Side Caesar Salad. the owner was from Boston originally but like many, came to Alaska and never left! It does draw you in!
After a great time in Anchorage we are off to Homer, AK, the trip should be pretty, down the Seward Highway!
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