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Time Flies - Haines, Hyder and Kennicott

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We arrived back in the lower 48 yesterday.  I apologize for the delay in our blog. As many know, our good friend Ron Marlin passed away last week while we were in Haines. When I am done with this blog, I will be having a special edition featuring Ron and Rhonda.  So, when we last posted, we were still in Valdez. We have traveled a long ways since then so I will try to catch everyone up. Our travels went from Valdez to Chitina where we visited the Kennicott Mine. From there we headed back through Tok to Haines where we also took a ferry to Skagway. Currently, we are arriving in Hyder, Alaska (our last Alaska town of this trip) to hopefully see bears feasting on salmon.  We did finally see some bears in Valdez. Here is a mom and cub about a mile down from our campsite.  We had to take a FaceTime call in the middle of nowhere for a special announcement. Our newest Grandaughter, Valerie, is due in February. Thank you StarLink. Two old guys taking pictures with their drones.  This was over
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Homer, Cooper Landing and Valdez

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 I posted about Ron and Rhonda yesterday.  Today, I will get back to the trip. We are currently along side of the road in Valdez - by choice.  Good sky for Solar and StarLink.  So, let's dive in.  The last post was from Seward, where we picked up another pair of Montana owners - Terry and Diane Hansen.  They are fulltime RVers out of Rock Springs, Wyoming.  In fact, we are hanging out with them in Valdez right now. In Homer, we camped out on the spit, a piece of land that is 1/4 mile wide by 4.5 mile long piece of ground that sticks out into Kachemack Bay.  This is also where we knew something was amiss with Ron. I got to kayak fish while here and we had the ocean out our back window.  That is where the salmon taunted me from afar. Our view on the Spit Homer has a beautiful harbor. We could always count on Ron and Rhonda to go for ice cream - especially huckleberry. A volcano on the ride to Cooper Landing We did the Russian Falls Hike, no Bears but did see fish jump. Fish jumping a
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