Sunday, July 12, 2009

BlessingHouse at Valdez

July 1st night: Had planned to stay in Valdez for 1 night alone. Dianna and Ron greeted us at "The BlessingHouse B&B" around 8 pm. Had spacious rooms + common kitchen and living area. Was wonderful decorated. Diana had very interesting things to talk about during our brief 30 mins interaction. Came to know about 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill which affected a ton of marine flora and fauna sadly. Urmila made some real nice hot tea using the tea kettle.
Valdez is a very small place. Mostly used by tourists as a rest stop or as a port to connect them with Prince William Sound or Whittier. Valdez sits in the heart of a valley between Chugach mountain ranges. It was cloudy and slightly windy outside. There were various glaciers and small/big waterfalls from the molten snow/ice as far as the eyes could see. It felt like a dream ...
I would recommend going to Totem Inn for dinner. They had all sorts of fish and other seafood on the menu and we thouroughly enjoyed ourselves :)

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