Few pics from my Alaska trip
 

Took a nice extended vacation up north to Alaska with the wife and kid. What an amazing place. Would love to move up there :Graucho

I'm still going through nearly 4k pictures...anndd figures I left my camera with the 55-250mm lens on it on the roof of the car and took off. Shattered the lens and then some idiot ran it over. Camera actually works though. Needless to say, I didn't have a zoom lens for the second half of the trip. :(


Anyway, figured you guys would enjoy some pictures.

Most of these were from the zoo with the exception of the Moose who was just wondering someone's backyard.

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Ice museum in Fairbanks @ Chena Hot Springs. Was about 22ºF inside here and everything was made of ice.

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$15 Appletini in an ice glass! (was more like two shots worth)
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The hot springs. Was literally 85+ in there.
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Some black bear mama and cubs we saw leaving the hot springs
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Mt. McKinley hidden behind the clouds
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Fresh water river coming off the mountains. Wish you could see just how blue it was.
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Independence Mine State Historical Park. Place was amazing. It was literally a mining town out in the middle of no where that has been abandoned since 1959 I think?
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Part of the road to get there, then the unpaved road to Hatchers Pass.
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Bunk house
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Collapsed mining operation.
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Note to you..

Leaving camera and lens on roof of car and driving off. Not so good.



Great photos though.

That's cool man. Going to Alaska is definitely on the bucket list.
So... Did you hunt for gold?

Yeaahhh...it definitely sucked!


We went to a placed called Gold Dredge No. 8 and did pan for some gold. It was obviously some random rock with a few gold specks in it, but we did get some and learned how they used to do it with pans. I tried a bit at the abandoned gold mine and didn't get anything. They didn't pan there. They used some chemical process to remove the gold from the mountain, so I'm sure there wasn't any in the streams coming off the mountain.

Editing some more pictures of the glaciers and what not and will post them shortly. :thumbsup

Great shots Lace!

Love them :thumbsup
Specially this one :1orglaugh

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Very sweet pics. If I could ever talk the family into moving there, we would go in a heart beat.

The Ice museum looks cool..... But I couldn't live in Alaska. Way too fucking cold for me.

Thanks!!

Haha. All of the bears there were sleeping in little holes that day. Wouldn't want to get too close though :winkwink:

It's definitely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. I could move right now and I'm sure the wife wouldn't mind, we just cant leave our parents and all back here. Sucks!

It depends on the season and were at in Alaska you're at. It hit 70's up in Fairbanks while we were there. A lot of rain though, which sucks. I'm sure that would turn into snow during the fall and winter months. :winkwink:

More. :)

Trans-Alaska Pipeline
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Last bit for now. :thumbsup

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Glimpse of a whale!
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And another
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Porpoise
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Great pics, I would like to visit up there one day... I just have issues with spending my vacation in a cold climate.

Welcome back!

Great looking pix,very beautiful there. I like the animal pix

Great pics! The scenery there is incredible.

If I ever move back to the USA, Alaska is on the tiny list of possibly locations.

some really awesome pics there. I'd love to snoop around some of those old abandoned mining towns some day.

Why are the glaciers blue? That's beautiful..

woww amazing pictures...never had opportunity to visit Alaska...i see what i have missed

looks like a fun trip!

Up in Fairbanks was nice. Wasn't cold at all. It was a relief over the 95+ we've had here lately. And thanks buddy!

Incredible is an understatement! What's awesome is there is free wifi around a lot of places and you can get high speed internet out in the middle of no where up there. :thumbsup

I did as much snooping I could with the fencing and having a baby with me. There were also a TON of mosquito's around the mining town that day, so it made exploring even worse.

The ranger on our glacier cruise was explaining it to me since my wife asked the same question, but I cant remember. Something about the way the sun and light hit the ice and how dense they are. It's really wild though.

awesome pics dude!

Nice pics

Great pics, I haven't been to Alaska since 2003. It was awesome.

Thats really cool!

Awesome pics, looks like you had a good time. =]

thanks for sharing! i'm an animal lover and enjoyed all of those pics. i especially like the polar bears paw :)

Fabulous pics in this thread. Fabulous! :thumbsup

DAMN!

Awesome pictures man!

Nice pics, sorry about the lens.

Nice pics Lace!! Looks nice up there :)

Sorry to hear about your camera :Oh crap

Wow i like those mountains!! i wanna paint them lol ..

Looks like was fun , ice hotels are so cool and the small bears sweeet :)

Thanks for sharing

Great photos, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

Cool pics Lace.

first one ..the best one

Gorgeous pics, thanks for sharing :thumbsup

That is just nothing but beautiful country and the images are awesome too!

Next year we are going to start our tour of America with the new bus and Alaska is definitely on the list of places to visit....we plan on being gone for about 12 months.

Great pictures.. been there twice, coming back for sure.

nice pics, love wild nature

Thank you for sharing, seems like an incredible experience

Beautiful pic's, thanks for sharing them! :thumbsup

Isn't it terrible how that pipeline has destroyed the environment? :1orglaugh