Alaska, Washington * Day Seventeen 09-04-08

We again woke up early and was at the airport to watch the sun rise. What a beautiful morning.

It is raining again, does this mean we are to see a glacier?

Good bye Alaska. We had a great 14 days with the http://www.countrytours.com/ group and met many new friends from many states. The tour director told us we had traveled 4,100 miles in Alaska and the Yukon.

Yes, we did get to see a glacier and this time from air. A glacier is a river of ice and snow.

I am frowning because it is cloudy and I can't see the ground anymore.

Hello Seattle. I can see the ground again. Time to change our watches back to Pacific Time.

We headed south from the airport and can once again see Mount Rainier which is the highest point in Washington at 14,411'

We went across this bridge over the Columbia river and into Oregon.

Oregon is another state that I have never been in before.

The Beaver State ranks 10th in land area and 27th in population. The largest city is Portland and the capital is Salem. We drove through both cities.

We drove 173 miles to Wilsonville to spend the night.