Pauline and George (Ferris' brother)
Logan Temple bride and groom exit
Logan Temple bride and groom exit
Kevin and Sara Jean exiting temple
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Icy Strait Point
Three of these pictures were taken at Icy Strait Point: the totem; ship in the background; the cat dozing in the sun on the front porch of a house. The one is in Denali National Park with clouds covering Mt. McKinley; the other is Main Street of Skagway, Alaska.
I have not shown any pictures of Juneau, Ketchikan, Seward in any of the three posts. When I get some 35mm rolls developed, there may be some worthy photos show up there. If not, this will likely be my last post on this cruise to Alaska. gwh
I have not shown any pictures of Juneau, Ketchikan, Seward in any of the three posts. When I get some 35mm rolls developed, there may be some worthy photos show up there. If not, this will likely be my last post on this cruise to Alaska. gwh
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Alaska - Hubbard Glacier
This Glacier is called the Hubbard Glacier. I don't know why but there is surely a good reason.
It is one of the largest In the world. It is some 170 miles long
, and has several different arms going up valleys that come down to its mouth. In some places its face is 200 feet above the sea. It moves down these valleys to the sea like a very slow stream. Just like in a stream some parts move faster than others. As a result, the slower parts accumulate more dirt and debris. As the result every few minutes part of the face falls into the sea - calving - filling the adjacent ocean with pieces of ice. If the pieces are large enough, seals get upon a flat spot and rest and enjoy the ride out to the open sea. Sea otters are sometimes seen playing among the pieces of ice. We had a stateroom with a balcony, so we did not have to vie for a place to stand as the ship maneuvered up closer to the glacier. To be fair the captain turned both sides of the ship to the glacier's front. My pictures were all taken from our balcony. We probably spent an hour at the face of the glacier watching it calve. The large ones would hit the water with a tremendous boom and splash. Glaciers are an interesting phenomenon. Clarine and Iare glad to have spent a little while of their long term existence watching some of their functions. There will be another posting about this trip later. gwh
It is one of the largest In the world. It is some 170 miles long
, and has several different arms going up valleys that come down to its mouth. In some places its face is 200 feet above the sea. It moves down these valleys to the sea like a very slow stream. Just like in a stream some parts move faster than others. As a result, the slower parts accumulate more dirt and debris. As the result every few minutes part of the face falls into the sea - calving - filling the adjacent ocean with pieces of ice. If the pieces are large enough, seals get upon a flat spot and rest and enjoy the ride out to the open sea. Sea otters are sometimes seen playing among the pieces of ice. We had a stateroom with a balcony, so we did not have to vie for a place to stand as the ship maneuvered up closer to the glacier. To be fair the captain turned both sides of the ship to the glacier's front. My pictures were all taken from our balcony. We probably spent an hour at the face of the glacier watching it calve. The large ones would hit the water with a tremendous boom and splash. Glaciers are an interesting phenomenon. Clarine and Iare glad to have spent a little while of their long term existence watching some of their functions. There will be another posting about this trip later. gwh
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Mt. McKinley
Clarine and I returned from our trip to Alaska on 10 September 2010. We left on 31 August. We didn't actually board the ship until 3 September in Seward, Alaska. On 31 August we left Salt Lake around 2:00 PM on Frontier Airlines flying first to Denver. Leaving Denver about 6:00 PM we flew on Frontier to Anchorage, Alaska arriving at midnight
in Salt Lake (10:00 PM in Anchorage). Anchorage is a much larger city now than it was about sixty years ago. (For the information of my children and grandchildren, that was where I met your mother and grandmother, Carol, who was in Anchorage teaching school. I was there in the army.) Clarine and I and the Solomons left a day earlier than the rest of the cruisers because we wanted to visit Denali National Park. Consequently, we rented a car at the airport in Anchorage and left the next morning for the park. We drove there in a little over four hours. As we drove the scenery around us was mountainous, rustic and beautiful. The highway bypasses Denali National Park - access to the park being on a side road from the north-south highway. Perhaps an hour from the park there was a view point for Mt. McKinley. My guess that it was some eighty miles away. There were quite a few clouds, but we could pick it out. When we got to the park, we checked in to our hotel to sleep and leave early the next morning for a bus tour of the park - about six hours. We saw lots of wild life - dall sheep, moose, bears, foxes, eagles - many of each. The tour ended at the last of the improved road with Mt. McKinley still some thirty miles in the distance. You have to be really be roughing it to go further. The "Tall One" as the Indians call it, is the Highest peak in North America at over 20,000 feet elevation from a base that is not a lot above sea level; it makes a very tall mountain. I have included a few photos that are representative of the park. Some of them show Mt. McKinley about thirty miles away. When one talks to people about visiting the park and seeing the mountain, the response is something like,"You'll be lucky if you can see it for the clouds." We were lucky; the day was crystal clear. In fact the entire trip seemed to be somewhat charmed. I will write further about the vacation in a subsequent posting. gwh
in Salt Lake (10:00 PM in Anchorage). Anchorage is a much larger city now than it was about sixty years ago. (For the information of my children and grandchildren, that was where I met your mother and grandmother, Carol, who was in Anchorage teaching school. I was there in the army.) Clarine and I and the Solomons left a day earlier than the rest of the cruisers because we wanted to visit Denali National Park. Consequently, we rented a car at the airport in Anchorage and left the next morning for the park. We drove there in a little over four hours. As we drove the scenery around us was mountainous, rustic and beautiful. The highway bypasses Denali National Park - access to the park being on a side road from the north-south highway. Perhaps an hour from the park there was a view point for Mt. McKinley. My guess that it was some eighty miles away. There were quite a few clouds, but we could pick it out. When we got to the park, we checked in to our hotel to sleep and leave early the next morning for a bus tour of the park - about six hours. We saw lots of wild life - dall sheep, moose, bears, foxes, eagles - many of each. The tour ended at the last of the improved road with Mt. McKinley still some thirty miles in the distance. You have to be really be roughing it to go further. The "Tall One" as the Indians call it, is the Highest peak in North America at over 20,000 feet elevation from a base that is not a lot above sea level; it makes a very tall mountain. I have included a few photos that are representative of the park. Some of them show Mt. McKinley about thirty miles away. When one talks to people about visiting the park and seeing the mountain, the response is something like,"You'll be lucky if you can see it for the clouds." We were lucky; the day was crystal clear. In fact the entire trip seemed to be somewhat charmed. I will write further about the vacation in a subsequent posting. gwh
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