Move to Seward.
We have arrived in Seward, which is located south of Anchorage.
Tomorrow, we will go to see the glaciers.
1 person, but the car trunk is full. If you put a tent and a sleeping bag in it, it will be completely packed.
If it were a hatchback, it wouldn't fit in the trunk. I'm glad I upgraded to a regular car.
However, don't expect an upgrade when you rent a car again in Seattle in a month.
Alaska has very few supermarkets, or rather, Walmart stores, with Anchorage being the only one. I would expect there to be a little more in the continental United States or Canada, so I shouldn't have to carry so much.
I'm currently carrying about 15 days' worth of food.
I had the image that fewer items would be more stylish, but now that I'm in Alaska, there are so few stores that it's better to buy a lot at once. It would have been difficult with a motorcycle. A bicycle would be even more difficult.
Even with a car, it's better to have a model with a large trunk capacity.
This car is about 2300 or 2500cc, has cruise control, and can accelerate to 140km/h in the passing lane in an instant, and still has plenty of power, and it's stable at that speed, so this seems good for the United States. If it were smaller, it might be tiring to drive.
This is a Nissan Altima.
If I were to be extravagant, I would want to carry more chairs, a desk, and a mountain bike. In that case, even this wouldn't be enough, and maybe a Land Cruiser Prado or an FJ Cruiser would be better. Perhaps the United States is a land where everything becomes bigger.
When I see a Nissan X-Trail in Japan, it looks big, but when I see an X-Trail here, it looks like a compact car.
Tomorrow, we will go to see the glaciers.
1 person, but the car trunk is full. If you put a tent and a sleeping bag in it, it will be completely packed.If it were a hatchback, it wouldn't fit in the trunk. I'm glad I upgraded to a regular car.
However, don't expect an upgrade when you rent a car again in Seattle in a month.
Alaska has very few supermarkets, or rather, Walmart stores, with Anchorage being the only one. I would expect there to be a little more in the continental United States or Canada, so I shouldn't have to carry so much.
I'm currently carrying about 15 days' worth of food.
I had the image that fewer items would be more stylish, but now that I'm in Alaska, there are so few stores that it's better to buy a lot at once. It would have been difficult with a motorcycle. A bicycle would be even more difficult.
Even with a car, it's better to have a model with a large trunk capacity.
This car is about 2300 or 2500cc, has cruise control, and can accelerate to 140km/h in the passing lane in an instant, and still has plenty of power, and it's stable at that speed, so this seems good for the United States. If it were smaller, it might be tiring to drive.
This is a Nissan Altima.
If I were to be extravagant, I would want to carry more chairs, a desk, and a mountain bike. In that case, even this wouldn't be enough, and maybe a Land Cruiser Prado or an FJ Cruiser would be better. Perhaps the United States is a land where everything becomes bigger.
When I see a Nissan X-Trail in Japan, it looks big, but when I see an X-Trail here, it looks like a compact car.
Exit Glacier
I was astonished to see that this glacier is shrinking at an incredible rate. It's completely different from what it was 10 years ago!
Lost Lake (Primrose Trail)
Today, I saw a lake called Lost Lake, which has a very cool-sounding name.
It was a 7.5-mile (12km) one-way trek, and 24km round trip. The slope wasn't too steep, but it was a bit of a distance, so I got tired.
It's a beautiful view.
However, in Alaska, even along the roads, you can see scenery that's just as beautiful. The weather was good, and I worked up a good sweat.
It took 3.5 hours one way, and a little over 7 hours round trip.
Mirror Pond.
It was a 7.5-mile (12km) one-way trek, and 24km round trip. The slope wasn't too steep, but it was a bit of a distance, so I got tired.
It's a beautiful view.
However, in Alaska, even along the roads, you can see scenery that's just as beautiful. The weather was good, and I worked up a good sweat.
It took 3.5 hours one way, and a little over 7 hours round trip.
Mirror Pond.
Ptarmigan Lake
Today, I went to Ptarmigan Lake. This was also quite something.
It took 5 hours for the round trip.
Plants with a red taste.
It took 5 hours for the round trip.
Plants with a red taste.
Upper Trail Lake (a little bit of the Johnson Pass Trail).
Today, I walked along the shore of Upper Trail Lake near Moose Path. It seems to have been the main route during the gold rush era, and the path was flat and easy to walk.
It took 4 hours round trip.
I went as far as a small river and turned back, but there are people who hike for 2 nights and 3 days.
By the way, the weather here has been beautiful and sunny for a while, but according to the weather forecast, the weather will be bad for almost a week starting this weekend, so I think I will move to Fairbanks, where the weather forecast is good, after about 3 more nights. I have already been to Denali, so it will be the same route back and forth, but you can't go against the weather.
Plants that I often see. Whether or not they are edible is unknown.
A bird by the lake.
There was an energetic old man who came to the trail with his dog and bicycle, and the dog was happily jumping into the lake and chasing things.
It seems interesting to drive a car and bring a mountain bike to run on the trails around here.
There is a sign at the entrance of the trail indicating whether bicycles are allowed or not. About half of the trails in this area seem to allow bicycles. In most places, bicycles are not allowed, but there are some places where snowmobiles are allowed.
It took 4 hours round trip.
I went as far as a small river and turned back, but there are people who hike for 2 nights and 3 days.
By the way, the weather here has been beautiful and sunny for a while, but according to the weather forecast, the weather will be bad for almost a week starting this weekend, so I think I will move to Fairbanks, where the weather forecast is good, after about 3 more nights. I have already been to Denali, so it will be the same route back and forth, but you can't go against the weather.
Plants that I often see. Whether or not they are edible is unknown.
A bird by the lake.There was an energetic old man who came to the trail with his dog and bicycle, and the dog was happily jumping into the lake and chasing things.
It seems interesting to drive a car and bring a mountain bike to run on the trails around here.
There is a sign at the entrance of the trail indicating whether bicycles are allowed or not. About half of the trails in this area seem to allow bicycles. In most places, bicycles are not allowed, but there are some places where snowmobiles are allowed.
Moose Path
Harding Icefield Trail (above Exit Glacier)
Today, I came to the Harding Icefield Trail.
It's like going to the highland area above Exit Glacier that I visited the other day. There, a vast glacier stretched out. This is very satisfying.
One-way: 3 hours, approximately 6 km, elevation difference: approximately 1000 m.
It's a world of snow. However, the sunlight is strong, so it's not that cold if you can block the wind.
In the lower part, you can see a tiny figure, which shows the enormous scale of the glacier. It seems to extend endlessly beyond what can be seen. Alaska is amazing. It can't be captured in a photo.
This glacier continues down to Exit Glacier. The Exit Glacier I saw from below the other day seems to be only a few percent of the entire glacier.
It's like going to the highland area above Exit Glacier that I visited the other day. There, a vast glacier stretched out. This is very satisfying.
One-way: 3 hours, approximately 6 km, elevation difference: approximately 1000 m.
It's a world of snow. However, the sunlight is strong, so it's not that cold if you can block the wind.
In the lower part, you can see a tiny figure, which shows the enormous scale of the glacier. It seems to extend endlessly beyond what can be seen. Alaska is amazing. It can't be captured in a photo.
This glacier continues down to Exit Glacier. The Exit Glacier I saw from below the other day seems to be only a few percent of the entire glacier.
Alaska Sealife Center
Today the weather has been bad with cloudy skies, and it occasionally rains, so I'm staying indoors and going to the marine center, which is essentially an aquarium.
Tomorrow I will be moving to Anchorage, and the day after tomorrow I will be moving to Fairbanks.
Interesting bird.
Among the seals I have seen so far, this is the largest. It's about 2 to 3 times the size of a human? I didn't know there were seals this big. It's so impressive.
This is a female, and the males are said to be even larger, twice the size.
It seems to be a Steller Sea Lion, which lives from Alaska to the Russian coast.
Tomorrow I will be moving to Anchorage, and the day after tomorrow I will be moving to Fairbanks.
Interesting bird.
Among the seals I have seen so far, this is the largest. It's about 2 to 3 times the size of a human? I didn't know there were seals this big. It's so impressive.
This is a female, and the males are said to be even larger, twice the size.
It seems to be a Steller Sea Lion, which lives from Alaska to the Russian coast.
