Time to Head Home Again.

July 13 (Tazlina)

We had to be out of the apartment by 1 pm today because that was when the landlord was coming to check out the apartment to see if it was clean enough and all in good shape, and get their keys.  So I think by about 12:57 the floor was mopped and we were done!  Their landlord was extremely fussy about the cleaning and had a whole paper outlining exactly what had to be done, and even what cleaning products he had found that worked the best!  So they were afraid if it wasn’t done right, they wouldn’t get all their deposit back.  Thankfully, everything was good enough! 

Travis & Roger finished packing all the stuff on the truck – they had devised sides for the pickup and a tarp system they hope works.  Turns out there was plenty of room for everything on the back, and they could have taken more.  They had a coupon thing for a Heritage Center place they wanted to go see yet, so we went with them and saw traditional housing, etc, for the various tribes of native Alaskan people, and traditional dancing.  Then they had a few more errands to run before we headed out of taround 8:30-9 pm.  We decided to not go too far and ended up at an airstrip at Tazlina, just a little place along the road with an airstrip.  Roger & I flew and Travis & Alana drove for the first leg.  We camped right there at the airstrip.  You can tell the days are already getting a bit shorter cause by midnight it was already getting darker than before.   We built a campfire, and cooked our meal and then set up our tents to get a good night’s sleep for the long trip ahead of us. JOLENE

First Night Camping in Alaska on the Way Home

Some of the Sights Enroute

Scenery Like This Makes The Time Go Fast

Heading up the Highway Out of Anchorage

The World Rushing By

The Truck Packed - We Ended Up With Less Than I Thought We Would Have

A Glacier Ahead - Let's Go in and Check it Out

I Took A Side Valley To View A Glacier

Following The Highway On The Left

Here Was Where We Planned To Stop, But There Was a Bike Race And The Airstrip Was Closed - Many Other Options