Seward to Wasilla & on to Glennallen

While there is a short growing season across Alaska, the Lord has been very good to give them a large variety of wild flowers and they are everywhere you look. These are just some examples.


We visited the Iditarod National Headquarters to see the history of the sport.
These are a sample of the booties that are used on the dogs to protect their feet.


This statue was made to commemorate all the winners -note the names are all on the base.
even in summer the dogs are ready to run and can't wait to go-here they pull an ATV with several people riding.
Joe Redington Sr is the man who got the Iditarod going as an annual event.


area and overview of an old mining site-it is still in operation-beautiful area



this glacier was close enough that these kids were playing on it this was July 7th.
So how do you have only roof of a house? It was on the property of one of the campgrounds we used. I suppose you could live in that part and it would be cheaper to heat? What do you think??

Other strange things we saw on drives-this was decor in someone's yard.
These residents have to much time on their hands -noted by the bottles around the porch -note it is two layers.
We added BC, The Alcan Highway and the Yukon on this part of the trip.