ANCHORAGE, AK.  Our motorhome has been parked here near the airport for two days.  It has been hectic, since we had to re-pack clothes, toiletries, etc for our flight to Port Alsworth for a day (24th), then on to Twin Lakes in a bush plane for a day (25th).  I made videos of most of the flights, some of which was in pretty weather.  Will take a while to process everything.  Reason for these side trips was our desire to see the cabin built by hand by Dick Proenneke back in the 1950s.  His story is on several DVDs:  https://www.dickproenneke.com/alone_in_the_wilderness.html  The original Alone in the Wilderness is the best.

Here we experienced the most rain that we had seen in Alaska.  As a result, we wore our rain slickers everywhere.

View Approaching Cabin from Lake

Right Side of Cabin

Elevated Food Cache at Right

Back of Cabin

Betty Is About the Size of Dick Proenneke

I Did Not Fit in the Dutch Door So Well

Yet There Is Plenty of Head Room Inside

Panorama View Inside the Doorway

Central View

Main Work Area

View Out Window from His Desk

A Guide Led Us Up the Trail to Teeter Rock

Up and Up a Pretty Steep Climb

Blueberries Among the Tundra

Until the Rock Appears Ahead

Betty Teeters the Teeter Rock

View Down from Teeter Rock

Park Ranger Shows Us Proenneke's Home Made Snow Shovel

Here Are Home Made Crampons Made From Lid of Fuel Can

Our return flight was by pilot Glen Alsworth, Jr, the grandson of Babe Alsworth, who flew in supplies to Dick Proenneke.

Glen Alsworth, Jr and Park Ranger

View from Gift Shop of Port Alsworth Air Strip

This morning we leave for Seward, AK.  Betty caught a cold in the rain at Port Alsworth the first day, but she is on the mend.  They said that that was typical weather there in the summer.  Seems you must come to Alaska in the winter to have clear days, after all the snow has fallen.  A lot of Scandinavians migrated here since they felt right at home.

Port Alsworth is also the summer headquarters for Samaritan's Purse.  Franklin Graham has a home back down a dirt road a few hundred yards from a gravel airstrip.  Seems he is an accomplished pilot, as so many are here in Alaska.  Samaritan's Purse runs the Save Our Patriots program there, where troubled veteran couples are counseled.  Many suicidal vets are treated, turning back to a normal life after time spent there.  We got a tour of the very nice facilities.  Very impressive.  Graham was in and out the whole day, visiting the vets, but we never saw him.  Port Alsworth is also the location of the visitors center for Lake Clark National Park, about the most rustic park center we have ever seen.  This national park can only be accessed by air via a bush pilot.

Betty Inside Visitor Center of Lake Clark National Park

Inside Lake Clark National Park Visitor Center

Small Book Store Inside Visitor Center