This is Dad. Thought I'd get a word in before Sara writes a more colorful post. We just got back from three days of travelling through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Friday, we drove for 6 1/2 hours to Anchorage. Saturday we caught the 6:45 am train to Seward on the Kenai Peninsula. That's a 4 hour train ride south of Anchorage. We then took a four hour boat ride around Resurrection Bay looking at the Fjords and marine wildlife. We then caught the 6:00 pm train back to Anchorage. Today we got up, caught churchand then headed back to Fairbanks, arriving here at 9pm.
Here are some things we took pictures of and would like to post, however, after taking about 300 pictures I somehow managed to "format" the SD card (I was trying to answer a request by a nosy guy asking me what resolution pictures I was taking and must have pushed a few buttons in the dark while going through a tunnel because the next time I looked down, we had enough memory for 387 pictures and only had 13 pictures on the disk.) If any of you know how to salvage pictures from an SD card (the way they do on CSI) please let us know because it was a terribly tragic event that almost ruined the whole trip. However, I quickly remembered, that those pictures are like many other things in life--not nearly as important as the memories we have of family and friends--at least I haven't lost those (yet!!!!)Earthquake in Anchorage
Low tide at the Anchorage port
Fisherman in the mud
Sara by Captain Cook (monument)
Float planes landing in Lake Hood near Anchorage
Train loading
Bald eagle sitting on nest
Black bear crossing snow (great close-up)
Spencer glacier
Trail glacier
Grandview mountain pass and the train
Many other mountain views
Boarding the boat
Porpoises
Sea otter with a pup on its stomach
Pacific humpback whale
Stellar sea lions actively resting on the rocks
Two types of puffins
Mountain goats
A beautiful lake on Fox Island
The forest covered mountains lining the fjords.
Seward harbor
Dad's leg drenched by a wave
Sara wearing her new hat she bought for the cold, rainy day
Snow White Falls--seven tiered water fall
More snow covered mountains
Well you get the idea. And here are some pictures we did get after the loss.
2 comments:
Gorgeous pictures! Wish I knew more about SD cards. I like the ones that are a little different... the one with Dad behind the wood work, and the one of Sara on the train. The "Alaska" train with Sara is a great classic picture! I hope you guys are enjoying the travels for all of us. :)
Technology, You gotta love it, you gotta hate it! I'm glad you wrote the memories! What a wonderful Father's Day weekend for both of you. Maybe you should send the SD card to Horatio!? Tell him you are a real fan! Love you both!
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