Friday, October 5, 2007

The Tip of the Iceburg


This is the view from my hotel room on Lake Spenard. Float planes take off and land on the lake all the time. There are small cabins and floatplane docks all around the lake.
This is the Barry Glacier, which is located on the Barry Arm of Prince William Sound. I have tons of pictures from this half-day cruise. We saw sea otters, Dall's porpoises, harbor seals, and a Steller's sea lion. As indicated by the ice floating in the water, it was a little chilly.
Welcome to Whittier, year round population 192. You have to drive through a 2.5 mile long, single lane tunnel shared by both directions of traffic as well as passenger and freight trains to get there. The tunnel schedule is a neccessity if your travel plans include Whittier.
Okay, this moose is clearly in the Wildlife Conservation area, but we did see 3 wild moose! A female and baby (calf?) ran at the car when I was driving on Tudor Road and Seward Highway. We saw another on the runway when we were taking off for our flightseeing tour of Denali.
This picture of me at 20 Mile River speaks for itself.
Correction: Nanci has informed me that this picture does NOT speak for itself. For those who really need it spelled out, the sign says "NO TARGET SHOOTING," . . . and you can barely read it . . . because people have been shooting at it. Whew, that was painful.

1 comment:

madcham said...

C'mon Amanda... Where are all the references to the power of the Sweet Baby Jesus or the sly workings of Satan? You don't think just nature made Alaska look like that, do you?... Typical....