Wednesday

August 23, 2006

Just a few pictures from a week spent in south central Alaska...

A sight for sore eyes - mountains and water!
ahhh

View from our train seat on the way to Seward
trainview

Aialik Glacier, in Kenai Fjords National Park (kayakers in foreground)
AilikGlacier

Alaskan sea lions
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Humpback whale falling back to the water after breaching (you gotta enlarge this one to really see it)
humpbackbreach

M. freezing to death on a boat off the coast of the Kenai Penninsula
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Back to Anchorage...
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These are the "sound of music" hills I grew up with...the base of the Chugach mountain range
hillsalive

chugach

Going to the top of Alyeska, the ski resort 45 minutes south of Anchorage
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This is classic - taken in Talkeetna, AK
Talkeetnahouse

The Pioneer Bar in downtown Anchorage - in the same location since 1917. Anything older than 1964 (when the earthquake hit) is old in Anchorage.
pioneerbar

2 comments:

reluctant texan said...

thanks for sharing pics of your trip. this is a part of the world I have never seen. it's more beautiful than I imagined!

Silver Zephyr said...

i don't even like cold weather but seeing this pictures really made me want to visit seattle to get away from here!