Ok, so if you missed it, I would totally suggest* that you check out Whale Hunters by the National Geographic Channel. I like that the documentary makers didn’t seem to “pretty up” any of the facts about the lifestyle of the Inupiat Eskimos that hunt the bowhead whales that pass near Point Barrow each year. …
In no particular order: 1.) I’ve learned that the past decade plus of being mostly alone has not prepared me well for a cross-country trip with my parents. 2.) Canada is big. I mean, really big. Folks from the US have no appreciation of just how big our neighbor to the North (or the West …
So, to start off, it has been a little longer than I thought since I last posted. Sorry about that. We have stayed in a few places that claimed to have internet but didn’t really, a few that didn’t claim it and a few that were so far away from anything we were happy that …
Today we drove from Anchorage down to Homer and then on to Seward. It was sort of rainy and windy most of the day. We saw the water down there and took a few pictures. It was a lot of driving and not a lot of stopping to tell you the truth. Here are some …
So, not a lot to write about. Everything that we tried to go see today was closed. Either for the season or for a special event. The one thing that I was really looking forward to was going to the Botanical gardens and they were closed for a big thing for the United Way volunteers. …
Today we took a 12 hour tour of Denali National Park in which resides Mt. McKinley, the 2nd tallest mountain in the world. Since it is doubtful (at this point in time at least) that I will ever see Everest, this is a pretty big deal for me. And see it we did! The mountain …
So, not a lot to write about for today. We slept-in (well, as sleeping-in as my mother can which is about 7am) and checked-out of our hotel. The drive down to Denali is relatively short only a 100+ scenic miles. We then found out where our bus tour leaves tomorrow and went shopping in, what …
So, I cannot tell you hour by hour what I did today. However, I will tell you that it was a cultural experience on par with visiting Morocco. Ok, I just want to start off by saying that I officially have a crush on the village of Barrow and would love to try to live …
6:30am Awake. I swear that mom is somehow hooked-up to some sort of satellite that the atomic clocks use so that she always wakes up at 6:30am no matter the time zone. 7:00am Trying to pack my purse for the day with various large camera lenses and camera and lace knitting. I know, what a …
7:00am Pacific Time (PT) Up and out of the hotel. We made the decision to get breakfast down the road at Buckshot Betty’s. 9:00am (PT) Breakfast at Buckshot Betty’s after traveling some pretty rough road. We all had Betty’s famous cinnamon buns, “Best Buns on the Highway!”. 9:30am (PT) Pass a coyote on …
Sarah Jane Humke 