Last Visitors: Palmer Area (Saturday, May 5, 2012)

Dall Sheep

Matanuska Glacier

hair-like seaweed stuck to a rock on the beach of Captain Cook

After Glennallen, we headed for the next notable town, Palmer. On this stretch of the Glenn Highway, we spotted many Dall sheep and saw the Matanuska Glacier from a distance. The glacial valley is beautifully carved out by the recession of this glacier. Once through Palmer, we headed south to Anchorage and continued on until we reached Kenai. From Valdez to Kenai we traveled over 400 miles making little sightseeing stops along the way.

Our guests stayed for one week, also taking in Captain Cook State Park in Nikiski, where Sandy found crazy hair-like seaweed stuck to a rock; Homer, where we of course visited Bear Creek Winery, the best winery in the world (we taste tested everything); and Seward (Jon and I had to work this day, bummer). Ken, Sandy, Nate, and Danielle also stopped in for awhile during our 7th grade field trip on Ninilchik Beach where our students spent the day clamming. In addition to clams, the students also found sea anemone, sea stars, mussels, barnacles, sea sponges, and shrimp. It was a great tide for tide pooling!