Category Archives: Alaska Communities
A quest for autumn photos leads to an interesting encounter.
Yesterday I drove up the Glenn Highway aways, to one of my favorite locations for shooting fall scenery. It was pretty as usual, but the lighting wasn’t quite right, too intense and steady. What I needed was just a few … Continue reading
Local color discovery is surprising.
Loaded the cameras into the car yesterday afternoon and Becky and I traveled to Palmer in an attempt to get out of the house and perhaps find some local color to photograph. We were fairly successful at getting out of … Continue reading
A Shootout In Alaska – The Keystone Canyon Railroad Tunnel
This photo of an old railroad tunnel was taken along Alaska’s Richardson Highway in Keystone Canyon near Valdez. Although the opening of the tunnel shown here is large enough to accommodate a steam engine the opening at the other end, … Continue reading
Valdez, Alaska
Becky and I drove to Valdez from Wasilla over the weekend. In the twenty-five years we’ve lived in Alaska we’d never been to Valdez so we figured it was about time we paid that little city a call. And we’re … Continue reading
Wasilla, Alaska’s Fourth of July Celebration.
Everyone loves a parade. Or at least they should. Yesterday Becky and I attended Wasilla’s annual Fourth of July parade, held in downtown Wasilla. As usual, with the help of some nice weather, it was a huge success. Hundreds of … Continue reading
We Visit Talkeetna, Alaska & The Transportation Museum
On Saturday Becky & I decided to make a run to Talkeetna, Alaska to take some pictures and on the way we made a side trip to the Alaska Transportation Museum just outside of Wasilla. The sky was very overcast … Continue reading
Me & Becky Sue go to a museum
One of the things Becky & I have learned to enjoy doing together is traveling around Alaska with our cameras, taking pictures as we go merrily along. Sometimes we stay overnight somewhere but usually these little excursions are just day … Continue reading
Photos of the day
Here’s a series of photos showing what has been happening around our house during the last 24 hours, beginning last evening. I may be adding more photos as the day progresses, depending on how exciting things are.
Stumbling across a cousin and attending a track meet
Good morning everybody I actually slept in a little bit this morning, waking up at 7:00 a.m. That’s pretty unusual for me. Hmmm. Now I wonder if I’m all right. Which came first? Moose or Car? As I was walking … Continue reading
Alaska News Day
Here’s a few newsworthy kind of interesting items concerning Alaska that I discovered while scouring the Internet this morning. Woman gets kicked by moose just because she tried to pet it. Duh! [link here] Alaska rates high in happiness. … Continue reading
