My mom and I flew back to good ol' Minnesota from Anchorage on June 28th. That night, we were amazed how dark darkness was! We had forgotten how black the sky could get. In Alaska, we had gotten somewhat used to going to sleep with the sun still in the sky (think of the sun's intensity in later afternoon, that was what it was like at 10 PM!). Dad and Joyce got back on July 3rd, so now we have all of our pictures from our month-long trek. Here is the beginning of a sampling:
This is a bentwood box, crafted by an apprentice (I think that's pretty good for an apprentice!). The boxes are made from one piece of wood, the corners are made by cutting out a wedge and then steaming and bending the wood. Then the entire box is carved with the desired design which is then painted. The apprentice has spent about one month working on this box and it will go to a dentist for approximately $4,000.
Shortly after our shuttle bus crawled its way through twisty Polychrome Pass, we enjoyed this magnificent view of snow capped mountains. The mix of colors from rock and tundra were incredible! Unfortunately, the clouds were too dense for us to see Denali.
Bald eagles are everywhere in Alaska! This magnificent specimen was soaring around Sitka (the Inside Passage). It was fantastic to see such majestic creatures every day.
Another ubiquitous sight is the lupine. This beautiful blue variety lined nearly every road and cropped up in beautiful clumps in parks.
Grizzly!!! While on our shuttle bus in Denali National Park, we had to make a sudden stop because this young grizzly was in the middle of the road! We got to watch as he walked along the side of our bus, munched on grass by the roadside, and generally wasn't bothered by the pack of overjoyed wildlife paparazzi in our bus. What an awe-inspiring sight!
This is a bentwood box, crafted by an apprentice (I think that's pretty good for an apprentice!). The boxes are made from one piece of wood, the corners are made by cutting out a wedge and then steaming and bending the wood. Then the entire box is carved with the desired design which is then painted. The apprentice has spent about one month working on this box and it will go to a dentist for approximately $4,000.
Shortly after our shuttle bus crawled its way through twisty Polychrome Pass, we enjoyed this magnificent view of snow capped mountains. The mix of colors from rock and tundra were incredible! Unfortunately, the clouds were too dense for us to see Denali.
Bald eagles are everywhere in Alaska! This magnificent specimen was soaring around Sitka (the Inside Passage). It was fantastic to see such majestic creatures every day.
Another ubiquitous sight is the lupine. This beautiful blue variety lined nearly every road and cropped up in beautiful clumps in parks.
Grizzly!!! While on our shuttle bus in Denali National Park, we had to make a sudden stop because this young grizzly was in the middle of the road! We got to watch as he walked along the side of our bus, munched on grass by the roadside, and generally wasn't bothered by the pack of overjoyed wildlife paparazzi in our bus. What an awe-inspiring sight!
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