We continued the stunning drive from Anchorage to Homer.  The road runs between the Chugach range and Turnagain Arm.  The latter is famous for its big tides and quicksand-like mud […]

Just a few more pictures from this morning’s Coastal Trail bike ride in Anchorage. Here we are stopping to smell the roses that run all along the coast in Anchorage. […]

Stopped to admire the view on the spectacular Seward Highway: the Chugach Mountains plunging into the sea. There seem to be endless numbers of enormous green, snow-capped mountains here. I’m […]

T finds drop in Anchorage, at the Flying Dutchman pastry shop.

Here’s the bike I really wanted to ride … And the one I ended up riding. Haven’t seen any moose or whales along the trail yet (although I keep willing […]

Tina nuzzling a rose on the coastal trail outside Ankorage.

It’s cloudy in Anchorage this morning — we can’t even see the mountains behind the city.  That’s ok; we have a bike ride along the coast planned for the morning, […]

Here’s another picture of us on Flattop Mountain.

Guest blogger – Prescott – Tina stops on hikes to take pictures of flowers.  I made her get in this picture so there would be context – namely, that random […]

Started the day with a quick walk downtown near the Anchorage shoreline; then had a hearty breakfast.  Spent the afternoon hiking Flattop Mountain, a steep (scrambling up scree near the […]