176 R.E. Johnson 1968 July 17 Anchorage to Seward, Alaska & return highway & had dinner before returning to camp near Portage in one of 3 forest service public camps near there. The scenery was beautiful. Unfortunately there was no time to hike & explore the area. July 18 Anchorage to Kodiak, Alaska Drove back to Anchorage airport and took a Western Airlines flight to Kodiak Island. Took the bus ($1.50) 3 miles to town (airport is on the military base 3 mi. so. of town). Rent-a-car facilities could not be used for 2 reasons: (1) they were all taken (2) only Avis & Hertz have cars here & neither will accept any of my credit cards in Alaska whereas both will in the south 48 states! Unfortunately National does not have cars on the island. I was told that roads were very poor & a car couldn't go over most of them anyway. So I was stuck immobile in town. Stayed at the Kodiak Hotel (cheaper than Kodiak Inn). The town is currently receiving a new face after the Tidal wave following the big earthquake 3 yrs ago. New streets & shopping center are going in & I believe the hotel will be removed. Alaska I checked with the Fish & Game offices to see if they could tell me where I might find Ross finches. It appears that everyone there is specialized in salmon or king crab work & noone knows that birds are vertebrates! Following the advice of one fellow who thought he knew what I was