Southcentral Alaska - Kenai Peninsula Seward HighwaySeward Highway is one of the busiest in the state. It connects Anchorage to Seward. Anchorage. | ||
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| Turnagain Arm of the Cook Intlet which is the sea inlet that leads to Anchorage | Just 15 minutes out of Anchorge we could see mountain goats | Turnagain Arm in morning mist |
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Turnagain Arm is a good place to see the white Baluga Whales - right next to the highway, 20 minutes from Anchorage | ||
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| That's the back of a Baluga whale | And this is what they look like under water | |
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| while we stopped to see the whales, an apathetic Bald Eagle was watching us. | ||
Girdwood, Alaska - a beautiful peacefull little village just 60 km. from Anchorage. | ||
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| We were lucky to stay in Ryan's house (thanks again Ryan!). This is the back yard. | Firewood is crucial in this weather. | |
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| Crow Creek | ||
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| Around Girdwood, right next to the highway, we saw a Black Bear. This one isn't it though, it's just an illustration. | ||
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| When the tide is low, Turnagain arm becomes a dangerouse mud-flats zone. | After the 1964 earthquake, this is what's left of the town called Portage. | Better days (?) |
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| Fireweed in the Portage area | ||
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| The road to Portage Glacier | ||
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| Seward highway right before entering the Kenai Peninsula | ||
Hope: A quaint, historic town from the gold rush era. Population: 130. The area around the town still has few hundreds mining camps. | ||
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| Main street | ||
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| Tourist attraction: Gold panning | When you got to go, you got to go... | Fishing in Hope Turnagain arm in the background |
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| Fireweed! | More fireweed... | Einat in fireweed... |
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| Summit Lake | ||
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| Tern lake junction | Flyfishing: A great past time | |
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Exit Glacier near the town of Seward. | ||
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