{"id":4468,"date":"2010-06-25T19:32:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T00:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2022-08-11T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:11:09","slug":"looking-for-kenai-geo-oddities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/looking-for-kenai-geo-oddities\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Kenai Geo-Oddities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ll be on the Kenai Peninsula of southern Alaska in about two weeks. I have a pretty good handle on most of the tourist stuff: hiking, salmon fishing, bear watching, whale sighting and glacier hopping. What I&#8217;m hoping is that the <del datetime=\"2010-06-26T00:19:37+00:00\">vast<\/del> select and discerning audience of the Twelve Mile Circle may have some advice on geo-oddities in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d2034718.9084308746!2d-150.150146!3d60.13056400000001!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1535723621993\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I already have a couple of targets in mind in addition to the usual tourist activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The combined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.state.ak.us\/creg\/whittiertunnel\/index.shtml\">automobile\/train tunnel<\/a> to to Whittier; and<\/li><li>The alleged &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anchor_Point,_Alaska\">westernmost highway in North America&#8221;<\/a> in Anchor Point.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you aware of any other &#8220;must see&#8221; sights on the Kenai, geo-oddity or otherwise? Your intrepid reporter is ready to head out into the wilderness in search of obscurities on your behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for some very special editions of the Twelve Mile Circle in July 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be on the Kenai Peninsula of southern Alaska in about two weeks. I have a pretty good handle on most of the tourist stuff: hiking, salmon fishing, bear watching, whale sighting and glacier hopping. 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