Dodie
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The moosie was actually at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (between Girdwood and Anchorage). There was a fence between Mr. Moose and my DH, although we were able to take pictures through it.
Here are some more selected Alaska photos (from the 700+ that we took!) that I wanted to share with the Groupies:
These first three pictures are how this post is "on topic" and related to our love for the VWL. These are some of the places that we stayed on our trip. See the source of inspiration?
As I mentioned earlier, we were incredibly lucky with our views of Mt. McKinley from Talkeetna:
We were so lucky in fact that we totally LOST OUR MINDS and decided that we needed to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity and take a 90-minute flightseeing tour of the mountains in this TINY plane, even though neither of us particularly enjoy flying in the first place. It was worth it. We have some GORGEOUS pictures (that's how I got through the flight - I just kept taking pictures), but it's not something I'd do again. Here's the plane and some samples of those photos:
This one is the peak of Mt. McKinley!
A huge glacier field:
We also did a couple of day cruises where we saw some beautiful glaciers and some amazing wildlife, including Mr. Humpback Whale:
Another really neat thing we did was visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (mentioned above) - where injured and orphaned animals are sent for rehabilitation and reintroduction to the wild (if possible). That's where we saw the Groupies' favorite buddy, Mr. Moose (here he is again) and met Mr. Grizzly Bear, below:
We did a land tour only - no cruise - and we got to see a LOT in 7 days. I would highly recommend it. It was a Grayline/Holland America Tour called Alaska Highlights. Some was by train; some was by motor coach; there were two day-cruises; it included the 8-hour wilderness tour into Denali National Park; it was perfect for us! I'd be glad to answer any questions - but will be careful not to take us TOO FAR off topic from our beloved VWL.
We've known Stan way back from his bus driving days at FW. I'll pass on a greeting from everyone!
to you. That one of the flowers was one of my favorites, not to mention the ones from the air. Oh! And the grizzly turning to smile at the camera!! Priceless!! Say, can you insert one of those text bubbles for him and have him say "Gosh, I wish I was at VWL right now!" ?
