On the road in Alaska
Jan 8, 2014 14:36:58 #
I took these will out for a ride on my motorcycle. unfortunately they don't do justice to the scenery
Really on the road!
Mt Iliamna on the way to Valdez
Matanuska Glacier
Jan 8, 2014 14:41:07 #
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Jan 8, 2014 15:46:41 #
stableduck wrote:
I took these will out for a ride on my motorcycle. unfortunately they don't do justice to the scenery
Oops! I think you have the wrong name on the mountain in picture # 2. Mt. Iliamna is about 134 miles SW of Anchorage on the west side of Cook Inlet. It can be seen from the road between Homer from Soldotna but not from that wonderful road to Valdez.
I think the mountain in your picture is one of the major mountains in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. I would have to do some digging to be sure or to identify which one. I like your picture better than mine, but it looks like we were at the same exact spot. Mine was taken June 13, 2013.
Your pictures make me want to go back. But at age 79, in an RV, not on a bike. Did you ride up from the lower 48?
I really like the shot taken with the camera almost on the road. I too, would like to see more of your pictures.
Tom
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Jan 8, 2014 15:59:47 #
Tom you are correct! I should finish my coffee and engage my brain before posting.
no, I didn't ride to Alaska though I would love to do the trip. I live here. a friend and I rode to Valdez for lunch. the way the sun was lighting the yellow leaves was unreal! I took a lot of shots but none captured the way it looked. by the end of the day we put on around 600 miles with a few detours
no, I didn't ride to Alaska though I would love to do the trip. I live here. a friend and I rode to Valdez for lunch. the way the sun was lighting the yellow leaves was unreal! I took a lot of shots but none captured the way it looked. by the end of the day we put on around 600 miles with a few detours
Jan 8, 2014 16:15:17 #
Jan 8, 2014 17:58:49 #
Very beautiful mountains, cool perspective in #1.
Regarding "doing justice," until I'd seen a 14,000' volcano in person, I had no idea how to compare real mountains to what I'd grown up with in the northeast :)
Regarding "doing justice," until I'd seen a 14,000' volcano in person, I had no idea how to compare real mountains to what I'd grown up with in the northeast :)
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Jan 9, 2014 12:12:31 #
Nice pics. On my next (2nd) trip to Alaska, however many years in the future it may be, I will make it a point to do something other than the Inside Passage...but for a first taste (50th birthday cruise - June 2013), it was very nice. We had everything from sleet/rain/snow in the Tracy Arm fjord to rare thunderstorms and record high temps in Juneau. I took lots of pics. My favorites (probably) are of humpbacks.
Jan 9, 2014 12:16:00 #
stableduck wrote:
I took these will out for a ride on my motorcycle. unfortunately they don't do justice to the scenery
Yeah, that's always the way. Have you tried making panoramas?
For several winters, I've been watching the weather in Anchorage and comparing it to the weather here. It's usually warmer in Anchorage than it is here. Right now, WeatherBug says it's 27° here and 30° in anchorage.
I'd love to get up there some day.
Jan 9, 2014 14:02:18 #
thanks everyone for the replies!
jerryc41 I have done panoramas but it don't seem to help. when viewing a pano on the computer you have to scroll side to side or it get small and you can't see the details.
as far as temps its normally a dry cold here, I am originally from the east coast. I would rather be in 10 degree in alaska then 30 on the east coast.
jerryc41 I have done panoramas but it don't seem to help. when viewing a pano on the computer you have to scroll side to side or it get small and you can't see the details.
as far as temps its normally a dry cold here, I am originally from the east coast. I would rather be in 10 degree in alaska then 30 on the east coast.
Jan 10, 2014 10:22:00 #
stableduck wrote:
thanks everyone for the replies!
jerryc41 I have done panoramas but it don't seem to help. when viewing a pano on the computer you have to scroll side to side or it get small and you can't see the details.
as far as temps its normally a dry cold here, I am originally from the east coast. I would rather be in 10 degree in alaska then 30 on the east coast.
jerryc41 I have done panoramas but it don't seem to help. when viewing a pano on the computer you have to scroll side to side or it get small and you can't see the details.
as far as temps its normally a dry cold here, I am originally from the east coast. I would rather be in 10 degree in alaska then 30 on the east coast.
Neat breech pic (your avatar). I almost never had a chance to see one, but as out tour boat was headed back to port during a storm, someone spotted one in the distance so we stopped to take some pics. The bubblenet feeding frenzy was worth the price of admission, so to speak. I also got some good tail pics and alot of throwaways...back of someone's head, 45-degree angle shots, nothing but water or sky,etc. The second whale tour was a 3-hour bumpy, windy, rainy, rocky-rolly, nausea-inducing, orca-less waste of money, though.
Jan 10, 2014 14:26:45 #
planepics wrote:
Neat breech pic (your avatar). I almost never had... (show quote)
we were very lucky on this trip, the whale breeched at least a dozen times very close to the boat. it was close enough my wife took a video with her Ipad! and the water was flat! very nice trip. I hope to go again this summer. I have been waiting for a 2 for 1 special.
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