I have some serious catching up to do...

July 5th
This day we drove from Valdez to Anchorage. The mountains near Valdez have so many waterfalls that it reminded us a lot of Kauai, Hawaii. We enjoyed a hike to a glacier on the way. The oldest child of the Baker's ended up getting stuck in quicksand up to the waist because he was playing in the mud. Steven and Tim ended up pulling him out. It was way funny after it was over!! We were going to spend the next 3 days in Anchorage, but after driving around that one day we all had had enough!!!! What a crappy city. Every sign is shot to pieces... even in the city parks. We hated it there! Luckily there was a place that I had looked up that was 45 minutes south of there that looked interesting.

July 6th
After restocking our groceries at Costco we headed to Earthquake Park in Anchorage before driving to Portage. The park shows a landslide that took place with the 9.2 quake that shook there in 1964. Seven houses slid into a opening in the earth's crust that was created at that location.
We found a great campsite in Portage and did some sightseeing, as well as driving to Whittier (a town at Prince William Sound). The tunnel to Whittier is the 2nd longest tunnel in the world, just shy of 3 miles. The tunnel is a one-way road that is also a train track. They man the openings to the tunnel so that no accidents occur. We had to buy tickets and then wait about 20 minutes to get through.
There is a lake in Portage that has a glacier touching the water with several large iceburgs floating in the water. We did a little canoe ride at the shoreline to a large, flat iceburg and took turns getting off the canoe and standing on the iceburg. The photos are spectacular!! It probably is not the safest thing a person could do, but it was a thrill! The water was cold, but none of the 3 of us who did it fell in the water. Thankfully!

July 7th
Today was one of my favorite days of the trip. Steven and I got up early and Mikey came to watch Ava for us. We canoed to the glacier at the lake. It was 6 miles round trip and the water was like glass. The photos turned out great! It took us 2 hours from leaving the campsite to returning to the campsite and Ava was still sleeping when we got back. We weaved through the iceburgs and were able to see the large glacier. It was awesome. We heard the thunder of the ice cracking. I loved it. Right near the boat launch was a really nice museum and we went there with Ava after she woke up.