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Before landing in Anchorage
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The K Street B&B
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K Street B&B Living Room
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K Street B&B Kitchen
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K Street B&B Backyard
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Kites A whole bunch of really big kites flying over Delaney Park in Anchorage
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Earthquake Park This was a residential neighborhood until 1964, when the earthquake...
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What happened in the earthquake
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View from Earthquake Park This is Knik Arm and mud flats.
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Seward Highway Just south of Anchorage
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Turnagain Arm
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Driving on Seward Highway Turnagain Arm and the Chugach Mountains
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Lunch in Seward Looking at the town of Seward, and our trusty white van.
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Puffin This was taken at the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward.
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Harbor Seal Also taken at the Alaska Sealife Center.
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Harbor Seal and Trainer At the Alaska Sealife Center
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Resurrection Bay Taken from the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward.
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Resurrection Bay Panorama Taken from the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward
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A good catch Fishing boat unloading halibut on the dock at Seward.
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Boating on Resurrection Bay
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Resurrection Bay Taken from the boat
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A dip in Resurrection Bay It was very cold water.
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Swimming in Resurrection Bay
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Fox Island This is the cabin where we stayed and the rocks on the beach.
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Fox Island Lagoon This lagoon was right behind our cabin.
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Dinner on Fox Island (L to R) Andrew, Jeanne, Art, Lane, Joyce, Dick, Patrick
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Late Night Campfire Something is lost in a campfire when it's still sunny and the...
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Fox Island Panorama Looking west from Fox Island. The sun is behind the mountains.
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Gloomy morning on Fox Island
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Starfish on Fox Island
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Mussels on Fox Island
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Cave exploring on Fox Island
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The forest on Fox Island
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Humpback whales In Resurrection Bay
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Kittiwakes Nesting
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Holgate Glacier
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Holgate Glacier and another tour boat
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Surprise and Holgate Glaciers
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Seward
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Cleaning fish in Seward
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A whole lot of halibut This is the catch from a charter fishing boat.
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Dinner at the Discovery Cafe, Hope
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The Discovery Cafe, Hope
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Early morning breakfast This is the kitchen at Discovery Cabins in Hope. L-R: Andrew, Joyce, Jeanne,...
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On the road from Hope I don't remember exactly where I took this--somewhere after we...
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Ninilchik Stopped to mail postcards here.
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Cow parsnip This is a weed that grows pretty much everywhere.
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Modern roadside facilities
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Anchor Point There are roads further west, but this is the westernmost road...
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View from Anchor Point At least, there would be a view if it were clear.
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Shops on Homer Spit
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Beach on Homer Spit
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The road on Homer Spit
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Two dining choices I like this picture because it juxtaposes a local establishment with...
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Homer marina
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Getting down to the dock The tide was very low when we left Homer, and this ramp was very steep.
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Goodbye Homer Pulling away from Homer, heading toward Seldovia.
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Fishing boat In Kachemak Bay
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Gull Island
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First hint of clearing Looking west from the boat
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Panorama of clearing sky
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Elephant rock They think it's very cool that as you pass the rock, the elephant...
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Elephant rock raises its trunk Isn't it amazing?
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Clearing skies move near I don't remember which mountain that is; either Ilimna or Redoubt
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Approaching Seldovia
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Seldovia marina The Discovery is the boat we came in from Homer on.
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Main Street, Seldovia
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Otterbahn Trail, Seldovia
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Further along the Otterbahn Trail
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Clearing skies, clearing in the woods On the Otterbahn Trail in Seldovia
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Lagoon on Otterbahn Trail
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End of Otterbahn Trail
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Lake in Seldovia I passed this lake returning from the Otterbahn Trail walk.
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Another Seldovia lake
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Bald eagle, Seldovia
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Wildflowers, Seldovia
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More wildflowers
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Seldovia Cemetery
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Wildflowers and graves
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Boardwalk, Seldovia This is all that's left of the boardwalk (or it might be new since the...
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A garden in Seldovia
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Seldovia Slough at high tide
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Seldovia scenery
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Another lake in Seldovia
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More wildflowers in Seldovia
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Catholic Church in Seldovia Not as old or as quaint as the Russian Orthodox church
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Boardwalk Hotel, The Buzz Cafe Taken from the marina. That's the hotel where we stayed, and the...
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Mad Fish We had dinner here.
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Sweet -n- Clean A multi-function establishment
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Boardwalk Hotel This is the front of the hotel.
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Seldovia Russian Orthodox Church
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View from hill in Seldovia I'm standing in front of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Another Seldovia view
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More flowers in Seldovia
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Waiting for the sun to set
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Salmon just caught Someone caught this salmon at low tide in Seldovia Slough and put it in this...
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Catching salmon Looking down from the bridge, low tide.
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On the bridge over Seldovia Slough This is low tide.
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Seldovia Airport More accurately, it's a landing strip.
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Beast was here Either a bear or a dog.
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Airport terminal
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Airport restroom
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On the plane About to take off from Seldovia.
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Leaving Seldovia
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About to fly out over Kachemak Bay
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Flying over Kachemak Bay
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Approaching Homer Spit
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Flying over Homer Spit
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Heading toward Homer airport
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About to land
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Safely on the ground in Homer
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Homer Panorama Looking west from the road on Homer Spit.
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Interior of Salty Dawg
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Homer Spit beach
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On the beach in Homer
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Homer Seafarer's Memorial
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Eagle Lady's Place This lady set up a trailer on the spit where she feed eagles and takes...
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The eagle lady's garden That's not a real eagle.
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The eagle lady's yard
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Las Pampas Good restaurant on Homer Spit where we had lunch.
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Above Homer
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Homer Spit Panorama
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Looking west from Homer
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Mt,. Redoubt or Mt. Iliamna I can't remember which mountain this is.
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Russian Orthodox Church Can't remember exactly where this is, somewhere north of Homer...
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Moose We came across this moose at the side of the road just outside...
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Somewhere on the road toward Hope All these great views that I don't remember where I took them...
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Low tide on Turnagain Arm
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Bore tide coming in
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Not too shy magpie
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Our group at Discovery Cabins L-R: Patrick, Andrew, Lane, Dick, Joyce, Jeanne, Art
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Hot tub at Discovery Cabins
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Todd, Barb, and Liam Our hosts at Discovery Cabins and Adventure Alaska Tours
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At my cabin Discovery Cabins, Hope
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Creek at Discovery Cabins
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Seaview Cafe, Hope
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Panning for Gold in Hope
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Gold Rush Peck
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On the way back from Homer This is near the end of Turnagain Arm. The trees are dead because when the...
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The Bake Shop, Girdwood
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Lunch outside The Bake Shop
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Flower baskets outside The Bake Shop
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Mt. Alyeska Looking up the gondola cable
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Looking down from Mt. Alyeska Girdwood and Turnagain Arm
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Top of Mt. Alyeska
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Paraglider off Mt. Alyeska
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Turnagain Arm and the railroad tracks
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Turnagain Arm panorama
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Looking across Turnagain Arm
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At a viewpoint along Turnagain Arm
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Mt. McKinley Taken from Point Woronzof, Anchorage
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Downtown Anchorage Taken from Point Woronzof
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Panorama from Point Woronzof
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Railroad depot
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On the Alaska Railroad
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View from the dome car
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Looking foward from the dome car
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Mt. McKinley from the train
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Looking toward Denali from the train
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Talkeetna
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Flightseeing toward Denali
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The George Parks Highway
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Denali, straight ahead
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Mt. McKinley peaks above the clouds
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A little more of the big mountain
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Getting closer
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Looking down at a glacier
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More of the mountain
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I took a lot of picture of Mt. McKinley
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You can almost touch it
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Flying over Denali
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Oh look, the mountain again
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There it is again
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One more picture of the mountain
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Front of the plane The mountain snuck into the photo
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Side of the mountain
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Airplane wing Mountain in the background
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Flying over a pass
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Approaching Ruth Glacier
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Getting ready to land
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Landing on Ruth Glacier
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On the glacier
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Actually standing on the glacier
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Our plane on the glacier
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Wait for me!
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Following the glacier valley
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Glacier turns to river
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Following the river back to Talkeetna
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Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge That's the van I'm about to take to Denali.
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View from a rest stop The van stopped along the George Parks Highway.
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7:00 p.m., Saturday, July 5, 2003 This is my favorite photo of Mt. McKinley, taken from a rest stop along the...
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Sculpture at WWII Memorial Alaska was very strategic during WWII, and this is a memorial along the Parks...
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WWII Memorial
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Denali Cabins Where I stayed near the entrance to Denali National Park
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Bull moose Great shot, huh?
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Caribou Better shots later, but this was the first one we saw.
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Dall sheep The rocks are in great focus! Better photo of sheep later.
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Caribou in Denali
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Arctic Ground Squirrel Took this at a rest stop in Denali National Park.
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Denali Panorama It was a nice cloudy day.
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Another Denali Panorama A hint of clearing that never materialized
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Sled Dogs
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Grizzly cubs by the side of the road
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Mama bear She seemed to be hiding from her cubs, as if she's teaching them...
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Mama grizzly again
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Mama grizzly hiding
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Where's mama???
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Can't find her anywhere
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There she is!
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Dall sheep from the rear
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Gull, rather bold
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About to ride a helicopter
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Over Denali
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In the helicopter
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Denali
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Two creeks merge
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Polychrome mountains
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Further into Denali
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There might be some sheep Or that might just be dirt on the glass.
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A valley in Denali
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A braided river
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A glacial valley
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A river valley
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A valley
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Look who's here!
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We climbed above the clouds for this
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I didn't get enough pictures til now
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One more view from the helicopter
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Another valley
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A glacier
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Closer to the glacier
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Another glacier
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Another river
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A lake in Denali
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Who says bears aren't friendly
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A view from the train
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Scenery from the train
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River
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More river
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The train following a river
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The front of the train I bet you can't figure out how I took this picture.
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More view from the train
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More river from the train
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There might be a moose in that photo
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I have very long arms
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Some more train scenery On any other vacation this would be a spectacular photo. Here,...
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River, mountains in background
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Hurricane gulch
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More of hurricane gulch The train actually slowed down to let everyone get pictures as we passed over...
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More fine scenery from the train
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Salmon in a creek
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A creek near the train
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Crossing a trestle
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Creek and forest
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More creek, more forest
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Railroad engines The train slowed down enough that I could jump off, run way over to...
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It was a long train ride
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The scenery keeps changing
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Trees, water, hills
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Water, trees, hills
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Hills, water, trees
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A field of cow parsnip
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A field of ferns A little blurry.... the train was going fast here.
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Some spindly spruce trees They grow this way when the permafrost is very close to the surface, limiting...
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Birch trees
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Water skier
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Anchorage Performing Arts Center
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Garden at the Performing Arts Center
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Another garden at the PAC
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Garden at the Museum
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Another garden at the museum
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Sydney Laurence painting
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Alaska landscapes
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More Alaska landscapes
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My favorite exhibit
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View from Elderberry Park
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Gull chicks
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