North to Alaska, Part 2
My happy place! On a trail at Denali National Park. We certainly enjoyed the cruise and marveled at all we saw of the inland passage of Alaska, but I am most happy and delighted when on land in beautiful natural locations, and we were treated to lots of that on the land portion of our 18 day excursion with Holland America. When the 7 day cruise ended on Sunday, May 21, we hopped aboard the Alaska Railroad in Whittier and headed to Anchorage for two nights. Following Anchorage we headed to Denali for three nights, then two nights in Fairbanks, two nights in Dawson City, one night in Whitehorse and one night in Vancouver before flying back to San Francisco on June 1. This blog post will recount our land travels in Alaska, and I'll do a separate one about our time in the Yukon and our return to California. Leaving Whittier. Looking out the domed window of our train car at the still snowy landscape. A beautiful ride along the water with mountains on both sides. Mud revealed by low