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Wed 06/21/06 (day 1)
Day 1-Flight to Juneau and Gustavus/Glacier Bay
Our trip began in Bellingham, WA with a flight on Alaska Airlines to Seattle ,Seattle to Juneau, AK and then on to Gustavus, AK with a shuttle ride to Glacier Bay Lodge. Part of the package with the lodge included dinner at the lodge resturant, which did not complement the spectacular scienery of Glacier Bay.
After the disapointing dinner, we took a hike along the rocky shore and then through the forest trail back to the lodge. We saw a couple of Oyster Chatchers, and some beautiful wildflowers, Chocolate Lillies, along the hike. After returning to the lodge we attended the National Park Ranger talk in the up-stairs ampltheater.
We returned to our room around 10:30pm to get some sleep for the next day. Being the first day of summer, it was still light outside at this time even though it was a cloudy and misty.
Just finished reading your review and I liked it very much. I'm in the planning stage of a trip to anchorage. Fly in and rent a van or small RV while staying at campsites and doing some exploring down to Homer then back to Anchorage and fly home. After reading your trip review I'm now thinking to fly into anchorage, rent a car and drive down to a port for the ferry to Juneau then fly home. Either way enjoyed your review very much.
Walter