Alaska 2010
- 2. Flying into AnchorageView of the Cook Inlet and Sleeping Lady
- 3. Kenai Peninsula and Cook InletLayers upon layers of far-off mountains
- 5. Kincaid Park and the mud flats
- 6. City of AnchorageDelaney Park - A block from my aunt’s home
- 7. Cook Inlet - Mt. Redoubt is the volcanic peak on the left which recently erupted in 2009
- 8. Saturday morning flag football and soccer – Delaney Park
- 9. Scandinavian bazaar at the Sons of Norway lodge
- 10. Chugach State Park – Viewpoint from Glen Alps trailhead
- 12. Denali (aka Mt. McKinley) on the right
- 13. The Sleeping Lady and the city of Anchorage
- 15. I savor the view of the Sleeping Lady
- 17. Hiking Powerline Pass – at the Glen Alps trailhead
- 21. Looking towards Denali and the city
- 23. Moose-spotting
- 24. My cousin Elizabeth counts at eight bull moose and one female. Powerline Pass is a superb location to spot moose mating rituals during the autumn months.
- 25. The female munches while a bull moose naps
- 26. A very brave (or foolish?) photographer catches the action as the bull moose begin to approach each other to challenge for the female.
- 27. Two bull moose (on left) engage in the ritual of “rutting”, in which they tangle up their antlers in a power struggle for the right to approach the female.
- 31. A frosty mid-day hike – temperatures were in the 40’s Fahrenheit in the sun; colder in the shade.
- 35. Driving into the city
- 37. Driving the Seward Highway
- 39. Potter’s Marsh
- 43. Beluga Point
- 44. Elizabeth looks in vain for beluga whales
- 53. A glacier
- 59. A “ghost forest” – one of many along the highway killed by the devastating 1964 earthquake. Tsunami waves triggered by tremors washed away buildings and salt water killed the trees.
- 60. A house destroyed by the tsunamis of the 1964 earthquake.
- 62. More glaciers in the Turnagain Arm
- 65. Chocolate fountain at the Alaska Wild Berry Products store in Anchorage.
- 66. Flying out of Anchorage – glaciers below