San Juan Islands
Turtleback Inn
View from Mount Constitution
Krystal Acres Alpaca Farm
June 1, 2008
#32 Kenai Peninsula
Kenai Peninsula
We went out on Portage Lake in a ice-breaker boat. When it plows through the ice it creates these cool little needle-shards along the fault lines.
Portage Glacier: The nearby weather station mid-April recorded winds of 214 mph.
Our guide was telling us that those crevasses go a very long way down. A couple of weeks ago, a bear was trying to cross the glacier, fell into a crevasse, and is presumed dead. Occasionally a bear does make it across; they've also been seen swimming across the lake.
We went out on Portage Lake in a ice-breaker boat. When it plows through the ice it creates these cool little needle-shards along the fault lines.
Portage Glacier: The nearby weather station mid-April recorded winds of 214 mph.
Our guide was telling us that those crevasses go a very long way down. A couple of weeks ago, a bear was trying to cross the glacier, fell into a crevasse, and is presumed dead. Occasionally a bear does make it across; they've also been seen swimming across the lake.
#31 Inside Passage
Inside Passage
The view is so fantastic that these pictures can't possibly do it justice!
We ran across this logging raft going into a narrow part of the passage. I couldn't belive the size of it; all being carried primarily by the current with a little help from a tug.
We had fantastic weather, low 70s most of the week. Every guide mentioned that they only get around 20 days per year like that, and we had 7 in a row.
The view is so fantastic that these pictures can't possibly do it justice!
We ran across this logging raft going into a narrow part of the passage. I couldn't belive the size of it; all being carried primarily by the current with a little help from a tug.
We had fantastic weather, low 70s most of the week. Every guide mentioned that they only get around 20 days per year like that, and we had 7 in a row.
#30 Pikes Place Market
Pikes Place Market
We had lunch at Lowell's; I had a fabulous turkey club while everyone else enjoyed seafood. Everyone raved about the food, and the view from the 3rd floor was spectacular!
That blurry thing...it is a fish being tossed through the air.
The flower vendors were my favorite. I got yelled at by a lady selling ceramic pigs, but once you've been yelled at by an Amish guy...well ceramic pig ladies in public markets are not very scary.
We had lunch at Lowell's; I had a fabulous turkey club while everyone else enjoyed seafood. Everyone raved about the food, and the view from the 3rd floor was spectacular!
That blurry thing...it is a fish being tossed through the air.
The flower vendors were my favorite. I got yelled at by a lady selling ceramic pigs, but once you've been yelled at by an Amish guy...well ceramic pig ladies in public markets are not very scary.
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