OUT IN ALASKA - Trip from Anchorage to Fairbanks - July '06      Back   Next     Alaska Pics Home

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION REFUGE, Portage - We leave Anchorage and begin our journy is our nifty van (no - this is not a cruise).  First stop is this dandy wildlife refuge about an hour outside of Anchorage.  The place is chock full of wildlife that is native to Alaska.  This is where they bring a lot of tourists off of those cruises so they can say that they saw a moose.  Little did we know that we would see most of these animals in the wild within a few days.  We begin with a visit with the bald eagle: