Final few days

Our time in Alaska is drawing to a close, but we've been able to continue our adventures. Saturday we drove through Anchorage, visited the downtown market, and headed down to the ski/tourist town of Girdwood. We stayed overnight at the Crow Creek Mine, and tried our hands again at panning for gold. No luck this time. But we have a great hike. We came across a hand tram over a raging river gorge, and tested our bravery and our upper body strength.


We also visited another glacier -- this time we went to the Portage Glacier, which calves icebergs into Portage Lake. The boat tour we took brought us close to the face.

Yesterday we spent a good deal of time cleaning up the RV, dropping it off and shuttling to the hotel. But we did fit in a late afternoon horse ride in a cross country ski park. All went well for man and beast, and Jason even got his wish to try galloping when his horse bolted!

Today we pack up, and spend some time downtown while waiting to board our overflight flight. All in all, this has been a once in a lifetime adventure for our family, and for it we are truly and deeply grateful. But we're all also ready to return home.