June 25-27, DAY 45-47
The dog sled ride was great. We had a team of 15 dogs take 6 of us on a 25 minute ride through the woods and along a river. The cart plus the people was about 2500 pounds and the driver was riding the break most of the time to slow the dogs. The place was the home and training center for Seavey the winner of the 2004 Iditarod Race. We are now in Homer and it is about 45 degrees. Summer highs sometimes get into the 60s. We are on the slim piece of land called the Homer Spit the juts out into the water a couple miles but you can stand on one side and spit into the water on the other side it is so narrow. My front bumper is hanging over the beach where high tide comes. People are fishing and right in front of our rigs. There are eagles everywhere. Several of the members of the caravan went on a charter boat fishing for Halibut. They caught so much we had a big fish fry pot-luck.
June 28, DAY 48
We stopped at Sterling for the night and the campground had a crab feast pot luck for us. The king crab was fresh and excellent. The campground was very tight and rigs at all angles. The exit in the morning was very orderly with no incidents.
June 29, DAY 49
We arrived in Palmer for the night and had a small electrical problem. The radio dial and the door courtesy light were flashing in sync and the sun shades for the windshield were not working. Since the door was closed it didn’t seem the light should even be on at all? I took of the door panel and inspected wires only to find the little button that indicates the door is open or closed is not working but after removing the button, the light was still flashing. Finally found a connection under the dash had come loose with all the bouncing and all the things not working correctly were on the same circuit. Thinking we were in good shape we headed to the Musk Ox farm for the thrill of a life time as it turned out. Decided to hook up car before going to bed because we needed to get out early for a long driving day. Discovered the towing base plate on the car had come loose again. So much for getting an early start in the morning, we weren’t going any place.
June 30, DAY 50
Starting calling garages and trying to find a place to get car worked on and most didn’t open until 8AM. Decided to drive to closest one and wait for them to open. They were so busy couldn’t work me in but did find a body shop they trusted would do a good job and could fit me in. I’m glad we were in a populated area with several options for service. They were able to fix the car and welded the base plate so it is not going to loosen up again. We got a late start but at least were on the road to Valdez without loosing a day. This is the land of the mid-night sun so we didn’t have to drive in the dark. The scenery was fantastic but the roads really need work. There also were places without shoulders that I would rather not have looked to see how far down the drop was so Sharon took picture from the window. I’ll look at the pictures later. Gassed up in Valdez for $3.42 a gallon, the most I’ve paid in Alaska so far.
July 1, DAY 51
We tour Valdez and took pictures of the water falls and the Valdez glacier. Visited the original town site destroyed in the 9.1 earthquake of 1964. The town is surrounded by snow capped mountains and very pretty and did get a few pictures. Computer connectivity wasn’t very good so can’t get pictures uploaded. We did see more eagles.

July 2, DAY 52
We went on a boat tour of Prince William sound for 9 hours. Saw two different types of tidal glaciers, whales, sea lions, sea otters, puffins, arctic terns and a black bear. Of course we saw eagles too. Even with overcast skies it was a great tour. It was a very nice boat too. Another early start in the morning for a long drive to Tok.