Valdez, Alaska - August 3, 2010

Arriving in Valdez about 5:30 PM, we had passed by the sign marking the road to Old Valdez, which was abandoned after the 1964 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis. We also passed the road that goes to the oil pipeline terminal on the opposite side of the bay from Valdez. The weather had been quite good all the way from Anchorage as you can see from the pictures and videos.
In Valdez we found our hotel, The Best Western Harbor Inn, right on the shore next to the small boat harbor. Just across the harbor was a fish-processing and packing company, Peter Pan.
When we made the reservation for tonight we had asked for two nights but there were no vacancies for the second night. Donna asked again today and still nothing.
We went to a restaurant for dinner and afterwards walked along the edge of the harbor where people bring their day's catch from the ocean.
Here I am standing in front of the boats.