Took another look at your gallery, Stan, and it is worth the extra time! Like you, I loved my trip to Alaska. I spent two weeks there some years back, with my wife and son.
I saw a much different Alaska than you did. Since I hate cruise ships, and my wife, who was a science teacher, wanted to experience the full effect of the Midnight Sun, we traveled by plane, train, van and rental car. 13 take-offs and landings, three of each on water, three train trips, two short van tours, two day cruises, and 950 miles in a rental car. We managed to spend the night of the Summer Solstice in Kotzebue, North of the Arctic Circle, and then visited Nome, where they were actively prospecting for gold in the surf.. The Highlight was Katmai National Park, where one can get very close to the big Grizzlies snapping Salmon out of the air at Brooks Falls, and climb down into the Valley of 10,000 Smokes, surrounded by high cliffs of volcanic ash. We took the train to Denasli, and took day cruises out of Seward, to see the Kenai Fjords, and Whittier, to see the glaciers up close. Everyone should get to see Alaska, at least once. In many ways, Alaska is similar in spirit to Hawaii, and not only in the love of Spam. <G> Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 2:22 AM Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > A remarkable gallery, Stan. Scenes I can only imagine. Must be tough > living up there in winter, mind you. > > Alan C > > On 10-Jul-22 07:38 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > Thanks Dan and Paul. Yes, always fun to see whales and the other > wildlife as well! And the glass towers of Vancouver are quite a contrast at > the end of the trip. That seems to be a nice city by the way, but more > traffic than I would want to put up with. > > > > Stan > > > >> Wonderful gallery! I especially enjoyed the whale images. > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> On Jul 7, 2022, at 12:17 AM, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Nice gallery. Almost a shock to see the tall buildings at the end > after so many wilderness scenes. 😁 > >> > >> -p > >> > >> On 7/6/2022 9:07 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >>> We had a recent short trip along the Southeastern coast of Alaska, > here are a few images… > >>> > >>> https://zenfolio.page.link/4Yt6Y > >>> > >>> Stan > >>> > >>> Sent from my > >>> iPad > >>> -- > >>> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
