Ididaroad at Portage and the road to Hope
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:19 pmThis is our trip to Portage Glacier/Lake. We started at the Visitor’s Center at Portage Lake.
Carol posed with Smoky Bear inside the building. We watched a great video about the area and read all the exhibits.
Carol posed again…
An iceberg floating in the lake, broken off from one of the many glaciers. You can’t actually see Portage Glacier from the visitor’s center, it’s hiding behind a hill. You have to take a boat ride to see it. It was too cold for that. You can see other glaciers.
It was very cold and windy near the glaciers…Carol’s hair is proof of that. I had to change from shorts to jeans and a sweatshirt in a hurry.
We saw a sign for Byron Glacier, so drove down that road. Here’s the view from the road, but there was a trail out to the glacier, so you know me…
Yep, time for a little hike.
There was a sign posted that a big black bear had been seen in the area. Hmmm. .. here’s another sign of that bear. Carol kept talking like you’re supposed to do around bear, and I kept hoping we’d see him.
The trail follows this rushing river, and more snow is seen on the hillside.
Getting closer…you begin to see the snowfield below the glacier.
Can you see the ice cave about half way up?
Here’s the cave zoomed in.
There were deep crevasses in the snow below the glacier.
Another ice cave where the river flows out beneath.
But it was safe to walk out on the snow at the end of the trail.
People were here with kids and sleds.
It was NOT safe where these people were hiking with dogs just below the face of the glacier. I had to zoom my camera all the way to find out what those specks were. Nuts they were.
After our hike we entered the Kenai Peninsula and headed down the road to Hope to meet up with Beth again.
Beth was already camped at this beautiful turnout overlooking Turnagain Arm.
Our view from our rigs.
Armed with the tide table I got at Portage Visitor’s Center, and having seen pictures there, I knew it was almost time for the bore tide. Looking through the trees I saw it coming…woohoo!
The waves were churning up those mud flats…coming in fast and building as they came.
And covering the beach below us.
After high tide, we spent the rest of the evening looking for Beluga whales, but alas, it was not to be.
Beth was ahead of us and had already toured the town of Hope, so she went on down the Kenai, and we went on to Hope in the morning. I’m posting from there. Next time I’ll post pictures of Hope.
Carol posed with Smoky Bear inside the building. We watched a great video about the area and read all the exhibits.
Carol posed again…
An iceberg floating in the lake, broken off from one of the many glaciers. You can’t actually see Portage Glacier from the visitor’s center, it’s hiding behind a hill. You have to take a boat ride to see it. It was too cold for that. You can see other glaciers.
It was very cold and windy near the glaciers…Carol’s hair is proof of that. I had to change from shorts to jeans and a sweatshirt in a hurry.
We saw a sign for Byron Glacier, so drove down that road. Here’s the view from the road, but there was a trail out to the glacier, so you know me…
Yep, time for a little hike.
There was a sign posted that a big black bear had been seen in the area. Hmmm. .. here’s another sign of that bear. Carol kept talking like you’re supposed to do around bear, and I kept hoping we’d see him.
The trail follows this rushing river, and more snow is seen on the hillside.
Getting closer…you begin to see the snowfield below the glacier.
Can you see the ice cave about half way up?
Here’s the cave zoomed in.
There were deep crevasses in the snow below the glacier.
Another ice cave where the river flows out beneath.
But it was safe to walk out on the snow at the end of the trail.
People were here with kids and sleds.
It was NOT safe where these people were hiking with dogs just below the face of the glacier. I had to zoom my camera all the way to find out what those specks were. Nuts they were.
After our hike we entered the Kenai Peninsula and headed down the road to Hope to meet up with Beth again.
Beth was already camped at this beautiful turnout overlooking Turnagain Arm.
Our view from our rigs.
Armed with the tide table I got at Portage Visitor’s Center, and having seen pictures there, I knew it was almost time for the bore tide. Looking through the trees I saw it coming…woohoo!
The waves were churning up those mud flats…coming in fast and building as they came.
And covering the beach below us.
After high tide, we spent the rest of the evening looking for Beluga whales, but alas, it was not to be.
Beth was ahead of us and had already toured the town of Hope, so she went on down the Kenai, and we went on to Hope in the morning. I’m posting from there. Next time I’ll post pictures of Hope.
He said "Mrs C....is this what we think it is?" The only thing I could reply was "that's what I would think...but I doubt it would be on a crossword puzzle for 7th graders!" That day I learned another four letter word for poop! 
