Ann, a few weeks ago there was a news item about the Alaskan National guard relocating the bus that was the central location in the movie “Into the Wild”. Over the years it had become a destination point for travelers and had cost several hi cost rescues and several deaths. No mention in the article about where it was relocated to.
-----Original Message----- >From: ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 5, 2021 11:28 AM >To: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]>, Pentax-Discuss Mail List ><[email protected]>, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: February PUG is up > >We were in Alaska from early May through June 13th in 1992... in Canada >before and after and a a couple of days in the middle since we wanted to >take RIchard's daughter >to Dawson and across the Top-of-the-world "highway"... she had flown in >to spend a couple of weeks.. We tried more than once to get above the >artic Circle on the Dempster - 1989 and 1992. on the last try, in 1992, >the Blackstone river's flooding the Dempster kept us from it. (my >family's river suc:-)) > >Did you read or see the film "Into the Wild?" excellent but sad - and >it eneded in Alaska a few miles from Denali that year we were both there.. > >We drove everywhere but did take a couple of ferries with the car.. over >to Valdez across Prince William sound and the little ferry that went >from Dawson to the Top of the world road.. and the ferry between Skagway >and Haines. > >The Portage Glacier and the small bergs floating in the lake were well >covered in snow in May 1992.. I didn't like the shots I got that year. > >Such wonderful times.. > >ann > >On 2/5/2021 10:43 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> 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://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery* >> >> >> >> <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> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:16 AM ann sanfedele <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Dannsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
