[ Where mountains end, clouds begin - Glacier Bay, Alaska ]
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From the category archives:
Alaska Trip
[ Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska ] However, according to the park ranger and supporting information I’ve been able to research, this wall of ice rises above the sea between 200 and 250 feet.
… [ Iceberg calving from Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska ] Perhaps it’s just as well I didn’t comprehend the true scale, I might not have been able to close my mouth and stop staring long enough to get any decent shots.
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“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.†– Seneca
I’ve found this to be especially true in photography.
[ A Light To Guide Me Home ]
The photography of the sunset above was taken from the balcony of our room on board the Norwegian Pearl while docked at Juneau, Alaska. I’d made a [...]
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I’ve got the 5.100 cut down to 299 that give a fair representation of where we were and what things we saw. … I have to say that there are many photo’s that I like better then some of these.
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Sometimes you’ll have conditions where clouds are thick, inactive and impenetrable, with everything below cast in grays and softly defused light.
[ Softly ]
Then there are cloudy conditions, as we experienced on our trip to Alaska, where the clouds seemed to be thin and highly [...]
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[ Cloudy Morning, Columbia River, Cascade Locks, OR ]
It’s been a whirlwind few days sampling the beauty of Oregon. Today, Tuesday, May 27th, we drove from Cascade Locks, OR, via I-84, pass Mt. Hood on Oregon 35, and then returned to Portland by Oregon 26.
[ Breaking Through [...]
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We arrived back in Seattle, WA, at about 6:00 AM on Sunday Morning, May 25th.
There was no rush to leave the boat so we had a nice breakfast before beginning the disembarking process a little after 9 AM. The process was very easy, taking a total of about 40 minutes.
The ease of the disembarking process [...]
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[ Victoria, BC, Canada ]
After Ketchikan, AK, our last port call was Victoria, British Columbia, Canada during Saturday evening, May 24th.
[ Victoria Harbor at Sunset ]
Surprisingly, Victoria has the mildest climate in Canada with gardens blooming year-round. It’s a beautiful city with ocean and mountain vistas.
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From Glacier Bay we turned back southward to Ketchikan, AK. We arrived at Ketchikan early on Friday, May 23rd, for a scheduled six hours port call. I could have spent more time at Ketchikan…days even.
[ Ketchikan, Alaska ]
Ketchikan dates back to the late 1800s and is know as the salmon capital [...]
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We departed Skagway last night and travelled to Glacier Bay, AK, arriving Thursday mid-morning, April 22nd.
[ Glacier Bay, Alaska ]
I’m not certain what my expectations were for Glacier Bay but they were far exceeded by the austere grandeur we discovered. You’d have to see it to truly understand the awesome beauty [...]
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