Saturday, June 30, 2007



























Night #20. Kenai Fjords National Park. 5200 miles. We ditched Anchorage earlier than planned after hiking up the range to get a good view of it, and then found a great little tent site in the Kenai at the foot of the Exit Glacier. But before that we took a stroll and a snooze in a little meadow. I listened to Washington Phillips (thanks A.N.) which was perfect music for the situation. It felt really good. A found more flowers that blew her mind a little. We ascended 3500 feet up the side of the Exit Glacier to get a view of the Harding Ice Field. It was amazing to see mountains in the making, being carved out right now. We pretended we were in the Ice Age. The hike was pretty strenuous and we were exhausted. A lot of slushy snow hiking. But it was so worth it. Perhaps the second best view we've seen on the whole trip. Watched two mountain gophers get in a fight. Now this morning we're in Seward looking for a shower. Seward is beautiful, right on the ocean in the Kenai NP. My feet smell like sour cream.

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