Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
stayed at a very nice RV Park
Portage Valley RV Park
near
Whittier, Alaska

Portage Valley RV Park in Whittier, Alaska is about one hour from Anchorage, just off the Seward Highway at mile 78.9 and 6 miles from the Whittier tunnel.

road leading to Portage Valley RV Park
sign - to Portage Valley RV Park
To enter the RV Park, the two RV Gypsies drove over a very short bridge at the entry to the campground and photographed the wonderful view on each side of the bridge.
view of a creek
view of a creek

Portage Valley Cabins and RV Park is the only RV park offering full hookups in the Portage/Whittier area. Finally you have the option for 20, 30 and even 50 amp electric hookups, hot showers, ice cold and spring fresh water and all this in the most scenic setting surrounded by towering mountains, brilliant blue glaciers and a number of ponds and streams for an evenings fishing with the family. Reservations can be arranged by calling 907-783-3111

A moose greeted the two RV Gypsies
from the front porch of the park.
A fire was always burning here and
RVers are welcome to BBQ
under this tent - a nice touch!
sign - wipe your hoofs
BBQ and campfire area
Below: Views from the RV of the two RV Gypsies - with wild animal poop all around. Although the park worker said there were small black bears in the area, Lee and Karen Duquette did not see any, although Karen watched out the window of her RV until 2 a.m. each night. (It was not dark at 2 a.m. here in Alaska.)
motorhome of the two RV Gypsies
car and motorhome of the two RV Gypsies
Below: Three photos with animal poop that crazy fun Lee Duquette pretended to pick up !
Lee Duquette
animal poop
animal poop
Below: What a wonderful view from the RV of the two RV Gypsies at Portage Valley RV Park.
the new yard of the two RV Gypsies
the new yard of the two RV Gypsies
the new yard of the two RV Gypsies
the new yard of the two RV Gypsies
Below: After visiting Seward, Soldotna, Anchor Point, and Homer Alaska, Lee and Karen Duquette returned to Portage Valley RV Park because there are limited roads in Alaska and backtracking was necessary to get to their next destination of Talkeetna. This time, they took a small cruise to Portage Glacier (link to that site and more is below).
For the first time since being in Alaska, the two RV Gypsies had beautiful sunny weather and Karen Duquette was able to enjoy some wine and cheese in her "new yard."
Karen Duquette enjoying the weather
Karen Duquette enjoying the outdoors
Below: Lee and Karen Duquette, The two RV Gypsies, took a hike in the woods behind their RV to look at the un-named glacier behind the RV Park. They could see the glacier shown below from their RV in the campground.
Below: The above glacier as seen from the RV, and below the foot of the glacier as seen by hiking in the woods
Below: Unbelievably beautiful scenery beside the glacier.
a pond
a pond
a pond near the glacier
a pond near the glacier
a pond just off the trail
a pond just off the trail
Lee Duquette
trail and mountain
trail and mountain
There was wildlife poop and footprints all along the trail. But no wildlife were seen during this hike (just mosquitoes that bit Karen Duquette). However, around 10 p.m. that evening, Karen saw a mommy moose and her baby come out of the woods and walk through the campground. There was not enough time to get a photo. The two RV Gypsies are glad they did NOT meet the moose while on the trail (especially since she had a baby - that is when they might attack).
wildlife footprint
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next hiking and icebergs in Chugach National Forest

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