August 2, 2006

Selected Trip Journal entries:

7:05 AM = Checked out. 102.5 trip miles on this car. 560 total odometer.
7:05 AM = Back to Hertz at Juneau Airport... 103.0 trip miles. 560 total odometer.

10:28 AM = Back to first car in Anchorange long/short term parking lot. Flight was good, with views of Mt. Logan and Mt St. Elias (el. 5950 m and 18008 ft) peeking up over the clouds...

11:50/5570.3 = Turned left on Portage Glacier Road -- I'll check out this one. It looks to be on a mountaintop though and I'm not climbing any mountain right now!

Its been a gorgeous drive along Cook Inlet so far!

Saw Byron and Portage glaciers from the car -- Byron was bluuuue...

12:15/5583 = Back on Seward Hwy

12:53/5624.5 = Exit for Hwy 1 from Hwy 1 (JCT Hwy 9). The scenery here (and before) is gorgeous, and I'm listening to the roadtrip CD's again... "Born in the USA" followed by "Danger Zone"

3:36/5753.2 = Entered Homer, Alaska: "The Halibut Fishing Capital of the World"

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