Alaska, land and sea, are two shiny sides of the same valuable coin. If at all possible, try to fit in both. The thought that someday you can go back and do the other portion is almost as good as saying someday I’ll look younger.
After crossing Prince William Sound our land adventure began at the Princess Wilderness Lodge at Copper River.
Again, we chose Princess because the cruise line has lodges in Alaska so we didn’t have to make separate arrangements. However, a traveler can find other accommodations in the area because of its terrific fishing location at the junction of the Copper and Klutina Rivers.
The lodge is also about four miles from Wrangell-St.Elias National Park’s visitor center. Good mountain photography views abound, just take the bear warning signs seriously if hiking park or lodge trails.
While boating the rivers in the area we saw bears and eagles competing for salmon. Our salmon dinner was pretty good though we didn’t fish. We just enjoyed the action and scenery.
Coming Next: Denali