My husband and I are in Alaska celebrating our 35th anniversary. We are thoroughly enjoying exploring the Last Frontier There have been lots of surprises for me and thought I would share them with you…
1. I must not have been paying attention in school, but I didn’t realize that Alaska has only been a state since 1959!
2. At this time of year, it is daylight pretty much ALL THE TIME! (at least for 20+ hours per day. We haven’t seen the dark yet!) The good news about that is that you have plenty of time to see the sights because it is always light. Of course at some point you have to sleep… which is a little confusing to me because it just doesn’t seem right to sleep while it’s light… But I am messed up in that department anyway, being a night person. Here’s a photo of what it looked like at 11:30 PM when we went out looking for moose…with no luck… Even when it is supposed to be dark, it’s just kind of twilight.
3. I thought it would be a lot more expensive up here. But I live near DC and the prices on gas, milk, etc. are pretty close. The big difference we have seen is in eating out and fresh veggies and fruit.We are not huge seafood eaters, but I understand it is really fresh and reasonable.
4. Flowers here are big and beautiful! Maybe it’s all the sun the flowers are getting? They are amazing. I think their weeds and wildflowers are so pretty. Here are some photos I have taken along the way.
5. The mountains. THE MOUNTAINS. THE mountain. Denali. Mt. McKinley. It’s hard to describe the feeling I get when I see this mountain. It is 20,000 ft. and towers above all the others. It is visible for hundreds of miles. We saw it when we were in Anchorage and also 359 miles away in Fairbanks. It is white and immense. It is awesome. When I look at it, I see God and all of the beautiful things that have been created for us. I am so glad we got the car and were able to see it from different angles and viewpoints.
More to come. We are off to Summit Lake and our last night on the road till we get on the boat tomorrow and meet our friends. Stay tunes and thanks for journeying along with me my friends!
I think I am enjoying the journey almost as much as you, your photographs are fantastic, especially the flowers and the beautiful Mt McKinley – wow! I am with you on the date for Alaska joining the USA – I grew up thinking it belonged to my home country – Canada – I felt quite sad when I found out the truth! Enjoy your last day and I hope you get to see lots of whales and sharks on your boat trip! Hugs, Anne xx
gorgeous!!!!!! I’m glad you are having such a great trip Eileen!!