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  4. CRUISE TO ALASKA!

ANCHORAGE AREA (INCLUDING SUTTON)

Our magical trip nears the end.
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And now, what was to his right (which included his house, over near where some of those trees are in the background).
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And now, what was to his right (which included his house, over near where some of those trees are in the background).

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  • Celebrating our wonderful Glacier Bay trek on Dennis and Judy's veranda.
  • Our last dinner in the main dining room.
  • In case there is not enough other stuff to keep you interested on this cruise....
  • Our last cruise sunset: We'll be docked at Seward in the early morning.
  • Self portrait with a 10:30 PM sun at the horizon (as reflected in a front wondow of the Oosterdam).
  • Sun setting over the bridge. Amazing how the orb would hang at the sunset and just linger there.
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  • Finally half gone.
  • Eagle at Seward, AK, in the early morning (we have docked, but have not yet de-boarded).
  • He sticks his tongue out at me as he flies by.
  • "I am the eagle, I live in high country<br /> in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky.<br /> I am the hawk and there's blood on my feathers,<br /> but time is still turning: They soon will be dry.<br /> And all those who see me, and all who believe in me<br /> share in my freedom I feel when I fly...............<br /> <br /> Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops.<br /> Sail over canyons, and up to the stars.<br /> Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future:<br /> All that we can be. Not what we are......"<br /> <br /> --John Denver, THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK
  • Holland America provides a bus for transport from Seward to Anchorage. Beautiful scenery along the way.
  • In 1964, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America, and the second most powerful ever recorded anywhere rattled Alaska for 4 minutes and 38 seconds (I've been in minor quakes which lasted less than a minute. I can't imagine what it would be like in a major one lasting for nearly 5 minutes). Layers of earth were basically liquified. If my understanding is correct, these trees were a part of a forest on the mountain slope prior to the earthquake. During the quake, the ground here literally slid down to the valley intact. The roots of these trees, however, where sheered off and remained behind, resulting in the death of the trees.<br /> <br /> (Photo taken out the bus window as we passed by)<br /> <br /> More about the earthquake at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake</a>
  • Dennis used to live in Sutton, AK. He drove us out to his old homestead. The house he lived in is gone, but the house behind him, he says, looked pretty much the same when he lived there as it does now. Here, he is telling us what was to his left.
  • And now, what was to his right (which included his house, over near where some of those trees are in the background).
  • This is equipment from an old coal wash plant used by the U.S. Navy from 1920 to 1922. The plant ruins are now part of a nice historic park in Sutton.<br /> <br /> There is a nicely-done and informative photo-documentary at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7puuBMyvwr8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7puuBMyvwr8</a> , if you are interested (not done by me -- but with a better and much more complete compilation of photos and information).
  • More contraptions from the Sutton coal wash plant.
  • The Alaska natives laugh at our misconception that they would ever live in an igloo. This is an example of an Athabascan temporary or seasonal shelter.
  • The furs are real, and felt amazingly soft and cozy.
  • Me outside the premises of where you just saw the contents. I think that the side door (where I am standing) is not authentic, and is just there to make it easier for us non-Athabascans to enter and look around. I don't question the accuracy of the rest of this, however.
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