6 minutes under ground

In World War II, a railroad tunnel was built to connect the deep water port of Whittier, Alaska to the main rail line at Portage, about fifty miles southeast of Anchorage. In June 2000 the single lane tunnel was opened to vehicle traffic straddling the rail road tracks!

It's a strange feeling to be entering a railroad tunnel.  We were the only vehicle entering Tuesday evening and for a scary few seconds I was worried I had taken a wrong turn some how.  After six minutes we emerged from the 2.5 mile tunnel which is the longest vehicle tunnel in North America.

Today we went on a glacier tour which was excellent.  Toward the end the rain began and has not let up.  We are parked on Seward with the front of the RV looking out on the bay.  Rain.  Clouds.  Fog.  But hey, it's nice sweater weather and not 100F here.