We spent a couple of hours at Hope. It is a small settlement that goes back to the turn of the century. Gold was found here before the Klondike gold rush. It was not a high-producing area, though, like the Klondike. There are several old buildings at the museum. From Hope we went to the Portage Glacier. Here we were able to visit the glacier by boat on a lake created by the glacier and also walked to Byron Glacier .8 of a mile one way. We didn’t do it, but there were some who walked onto the snow near the glacier and went sledding. We had tried calling one of the Anchorage churches to see what time the services would be held but only got a recording and noone replied to the message we left. We decided to skip staying in a forestry service park and drive to the church hoping the parking lot would be ok to park on and we would be there for when services started the next day. It was large and had a fairly level area. The church secretary was there and said it was fine to park on the lot and we could stay there during the week. That will make it very convenient for sightseeing Anchorage.
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