EAGLE RIVER SUNSET 1-22-10

IT WAS FOGGY IN TOWN BUT CLEAR AND COLORFUL UP AT MY HOUSE LAST NIGHT. NO COLOR ENHANCEMENT NECESSARY!

PICS FROM SUMMER

ONE MORE PIC OF MY CASA

ROOM WITH A VIEW.

ALOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO

THIS LAST PICTURE IS A SHOT OF THE VIEW FROM MY HOUSE

PICTURES FROM MY NEW CAMERA

I FINALLY BROKE DOWN AND GOT A NEW CAMERA. BRAND NEW 12 MEGA PIXEL WITH AUTOMATIC IDIOT-PROOF MODE, THOUGH I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THAT FEATURE ON...KIDDING... FIRST SHOT OUT OF MY OFFICE WINDOW, SECOND SHOT IS FROM THE TOP OF CHAIR 6 AT ALYESKA SKI RESORT- A RIGHT TURN HEADS YOU DOWN THE FAMOUS "NORTH FACE". I WENT LEFT...THE THIRD SHOT IS A SUNSET ON THE WAY HOME THAT SAME DAY OF THE FROZEN SEA ALONG THE COOK INLET. THE TIDE STILL MOVES THE ICE AROUND AND IN SOME PLACES YOU CAN SEE STEAM RISING WHERE IT'S NOT FROZEN. TEMPS WERE ABOUT 5 BELOW ZERO ON ALL THESE SHOTS.

MORE CHENA ICE MUSEUM

CHENA ICE MUSEUM/ HOTEL

LOCATED IN THE CHENA RESORT AREA IS THE ICE MUSEUM.
FANTASTIC ICE SCULPTURES MAINTAINED YEAR ROUND BY 20 DEGREES INSDE TEMPS, THERE ARE ACTUALLY 4 ROOMS FOR RENT INSIDE THE MUSEUM/HOTEL, THOUGH IT IS NOT RENTED OUT VERY OFTEN. AFTER A TOUR OF THE MUSEUM YOU CAN ENJOY A BEVERAGE FROM A GLASS MADE ENTIRELY OUT OF ICE....PRETTY COOL....LITERALLY.......

CHENA HOT SPRINGS

SORRY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO PUT A NEW POST- HERE ARE A FEW SHOTS FROM THE TRIP TO CHENA HOT SPRINGS IN DEC.- ABOUT AN HOUR EAST OF FAIRBANKS. THE AIR TEMP IS PRETTY WARM FOR FAIRBANKS- ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. THE WATER IS 105 DEGREES - THE TRICK IS TO KEEP COOL, BUT NOT COOL.

NOT SNOWING BUT NOT BAD

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALMOST INTO DECEMBER AND THERE IS BASICALLY NO SNOW ON THE GROUND HERE IN TOWN. THIS IS A COOL SHOT TAKEN FROM THE ROOF OF MY OFFICE FACING SOUTH ANCHORAGE JUST BEFORE SUNRISE.
ANOTHER NICE THING ABOUT LIVING UP HERE IS THAT YOU CAN SLEEP PRETTY
LATE AND STILL NOT MISS THE SUNRISE IN THE WINTER....

FALL DAY ON THE TURNAGAIN ARM

JUST A FEW SHOTS OF AUTUMN BEFORE WINTER SETS IN. I CLIMBED UP MCCUE CREEK TRAIL TO CATCH THE SUNSET AND ALSO FOUND MY WAY TO BIRD CREEK A COUPLE DAYS EARLIER

THESE ARE BOTH A REAL SHORT DISTANCE FROM SOUTH ANCHORAGE. IT'S HARD TO TAKE A BAD PICTURE WHEN YOU JUST SHOOT SCENERY....

KODIAK, ALASKA- ROAD TRIP TO AN ISLAND

THEY CALL IT A QUIET LITTLE DRINKING DOWN WITH A BIG FISHING PROBLEM- AND NOW I SEE WHY...I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY FISH IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME. THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF KODIAK HAD STREAMS LOADED WITH FISH. WE ALSO MADE IT OUT TO FOSSIL BEACH ON A SUPPOSEDLY RARE SUNNY DAY-YES, IT'S EASY TO FIND LOTS OF FOSSILS....

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA....OR WAS IT KODIAK?

MY BUDDY KEITH JUNOT GOT A GIG DOWN IN KODIAK, ALASKA, AN ISLAND ABOUT AN HOUR'S FLIGHT SOUTH OF ANCHORAGE. KEITH IS A MONSTER FIDDLE PLAYER,GUITARIST, AND SINGER.

APPARENTLY HE IS WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA- WHEN HE STARTED PLAYING "DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA", MANY IN THE AUDIENCE WERE READY FOR IT...OUR BASS PLAYER WAS THE WORLD FAMOUS "PAT THE RAT" WENDT...AND THE DRUMMER'S PICTURE COULD NOT BE SHOWN HERE FOR REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

ROAD TRIPS- PICTURES FROM RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY- AK

TURN OFF TO COOPERS LANDING- KENAI

MT. VICTORY, SUTTON, AK
SEWARD FALLS- EDGE OF TOWN- SEWARD, AK


GRANITE CREEK, MILE MARKER~ 63, PALMER HWY, AK

RESURRECTION BAY 2007

WOW, WE GOT TO GO TO RESURRECTION BAY TWICE IN ONE WEEK AND SAW GREAT WILD LIFE BOTH TIMES... MORE WHALE SHOTS ON VIDEO THAT AREN'T TRANSFERRED TO IMAGES YET,

BUT WE SAW A POD OF ORCAS ONE DAY AND A NICE HUMPBACK THE NEXT TIME....