We took the ferry from Whittier to Valdez and were blessed with sunny skies, sea lions, humpback whales, and even Orcas that were surfing the wake of the ferry. Valdez didn't disappoint either with it's wall to wall pink salmon running in a local stream. Surprise, surprise we caught a few of these.
On the way over Thompson Pass we pulled off the side of the road and did some scenic blueberry picking. Here are Dunes and Ramona with their daughter doing some serious picking and eating.
The weather did not hold for the entire trip and our one night of actual tent camping ended up being pretty wet. Luckily there was a picnic shelter for some dry cooking and eating. Here are the 3 kiddos in their ducky out fits.
We also spent some time hanging out at the yurt. Here is Ramona engineering the baby train.
It's my second favorite time of year, berry picking season. (ski season being the first) Lots of locals have been complaining about the lack of blueberries around this year, but you just have to know where to go.
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I miss berry picking in AK! We used to go super deep in Hatcher Pass to get some big fat juicy ones. If you go up past the mine entrance (up where the old train is), you can hike very high and deep (safe for kids, too) and there are tons of berries (and no one is there!).
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