Wednesday, June 29
Glennallen, AK to Seward, AK
305 miles

Well, there's just no doubt about it. Everything up here is big: the state, the mountains, the glaciers and the breakfasts. Seeing glaciers that stretch from the tops of mountains, down through huge valleys like massive rivers of ice, right up to the edge of the highway we are riding on is simply mind blowing. It's kinda hard to make any progress as we keep stopping for photo shoots.

We eventually do roll through Anchorage and on toward the Kenai Peninsula. We follow the shoreline of Turnagain Arm, a long fjord, and get our first glimpse at the Peninsula across the water. Its mountains are shrouded in mist and it looks truly mysterious. We think we're going to finally do some good mountain riding but once again, the road stays down in the broad valleys and deprives us of doing some serious twisty tooling.

At some point out in the Kenai countryside, Trev mentions that he's just about out of gas as he misjudged the distance way back in Anchorage. I check my GPS and it shows the nearest gas pump in Seward, some 17 miles ahead. Trev looks concerned so we take it easy, coast now and then down hills, and Trev rolls into town with some gas to spare.

We arrive at Miller's Landing on the shore of Resurrection Bay and we're delighted with the beautiful setting. We camp amongst the giant coastal trees and enjoy a very quiet, peaceful evening.

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