My post a few minutes ago was flagged as being too large. Here is what I said (without the quotes of prior posts):
Ann, we were at Portage Glacier in late June 1992. Greg's HS graduation gift was a trip to Alaska. NO cruise ship; 12 landings and take-offs; 4 train trips; two van tours; and two one-day sails, one on Prince William Sound close and personal to the glaciers and one into the Kenai Fjords, plus 980 miles in a rental car, three hikes, and a white water raft trip out of Denali. Lee was teaching Earth Science then, and she wanted to be north of the Arctic Circle for the summer solstice. We celebrated it on the shores of the Bering Sea. We saw the video presentation in the Portage visitor center, after which they opened the curtains and the glacier was RIGHT THERE. Greg and I climbed up on it a bit, searching in vain for ice worms. <G> Now, one has to take a boat from that visitor center across the lake to even glimpse the glacier! Climate change is a bitch! We got so close to Blackstone Glacier that the waves from calving ice tossed our boat about like a toy. Blackstone was (then at least) one of the few Alaska glaciers that was still growing. As to Denali (or Mt McKinley), it is usually shrouded in clouds. I had to argue with the train company and insisted on taking the train both north from Anchorage to Denali NP and again south back to anchorage. We never got a clear view of Denali on the way up, or during our three days in the park, but coming back to Anchorage it was out there in all its glory. Greg and I went into the space between the cars to get a better photo opportunity. We got a fairly good image, but nothing to compare with Stan's! I am working on a photo book of a collection of my favorite mountains, including Denali, Fuji, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, the Eiger, Mt Washington, Rainier, Mt St Helens, Devils Tower, and, of course, El Capitan and Half Dome. Dan Matyola <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.