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Did You Know?
With 570,374 square miles, Alaska is twice the size
of Texas and 1/5 the size of the rest of the United States. It stretches
2,400 miles east-to-west and 1,420 miles north-to-south. Its 6,640-mile
coastline is 50 percent longer than the combined east and west coasts of
the United States. (source:
http://www.nps.gov/kefj/ naturescience/animals.htm) |
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Denali:
Denali National Park is famous for its beauty, the wildlife, and
Mount McKinley, the tallest peak in North America.
South Peak of Denali (aka Mount
McKinley) - elev. 20, 320 feet - highest in North America. "Denali"
is Koyukon Athabaskan for "The High One"
Link to pictures of Denali |
Kenai Fjords:
This was a cloudy, windy, and rainy day in the Seward area.
Nevertheless, we did see a lot of sea-wild-life and, at times,
beautiful scenery. With wind, rain, and 5-feet swells rocking the
boat, many pics are not in 'perfect' focus (to understate).
Link to pictures of Kenai Fjords |
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Potter Marsh:
an area just south of Anchorage, is a wetland that was
"accidentally" created when the railroad was constructed in this
area. This is an area famous for birders, with lots of boardwalk
area to overlook nature and scenery. Melissa and I saw a bull moose
here less than one hour after getting off the plane in Anchorage!! I
also saw my first grisly bear, or part of it, for about two
seconds!!
Link to pictures of Potter Marsh |
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Kenai, Talkeetna, and
Botanical
Garden:
Kenai: That is where Dolly, Jeff, and Travis live - they are quite
the fishy-family :-) because they love to fish, to eat fish, to make
all kinds of delicious things with it (smoked salmon, canned, etc.).
Kenai River is world famous for fishing.
Talkeetna is an "artsy" town between Anchorage and Denali: our
rest-and-eat stop.
The Botanical Garden is in Anchorage.
Link to pictures of Kenai & Talkeetna
Link to pictures of Botanical Garden |
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Scenic Highway:
The 127 mile drive from Anchorage to Seward is a designated "Scenic
Drive." The pictures show why . . .
Link to pictures of Scenic Highway |
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Anchorage Scenes: These were my
travelling companions (the two in the front) - Melissa and Judy.
They travelled to Cordova for the weekend to run a marathon, while I
travelled to Kenai to visit with Dolly's family. These pictures are
from in and around the city of Anchorage where we stayed the first
and last day of our trip.
Link to
pictures of Anchorage |
polar bear, grisly bear, and
three-bears-before-coffee |
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