In this video, visit Alaska via cruise ship, plane and train including Hoonah, Ice Strait Point, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, College Fjord, Denali National Park, Mount McKinley/Denali, major glacial calving, wild grizzly bears up close (a few feet away), humpback whales bubble net feeding up close and much more.
Even though Sandi and I are now home, we spent the previous two Shabbats in Alaska. Our first Shabbat we spent in Juneau visiting our Sabbath-keeping friends there, Tim and Margaret, who kindly showed us the awesome sights of YHVH’s creation in that area. We thank them for their love and generosity.
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Now, for more photos of our trip north to Denali, Alaska…
I found this rose outside our Vancouver, B.C. hotel. My nose is addicted to smelling flowers and my camera is addicted to taking pictures of them!
The Forget-Me-Not is the Alaska state flower. It was in full bloom. I took this picture in Hoonah (west of Juneau).
View of Juneau from Douglas Island. Our cruise ship, the Island Princess, is in the background.
Lynn Canal (a fjord) NW of Juneau
Skagway, the starting point of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897.
NW of Juneau heading out into the Gulf of Alaska through Icy Strait.
Portage Lake and Glacier between Whittier and Anchorage.
The black spruce tundra forests as viewed from the train en route from Anchorage to Denali.
The view from the front deck of our cabin in Denali.
A section of the 93 mile long road into Denali National Park.
Denali National Park
Denali National Park
Denali National Park
Denali National Park
Denali National Park
Denali National Park
A grizzly bear mother and her cub meandering along the road.
My bride and I just returned from our fourth annual pilgrimage to Alaska. Sandi and I seem to be addicted to the endless, expansive, inimitable and inexpressible natural beauty of Alaska. We can’t get enough, so we keep going back for more. Not a bad addiction!
We did the Inside Passage again, but this time hit some spectacular areas we hadn’t seen before. But the prize was getting into the interior of Alaska and journeying up by rail to Denali National Park and taking a tour bus almost 93 miles into the park itself to the end of the road. Not only did we see Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley), the highest mountain in North America and third tallest peak on the planet at 20,320 feet or 6,190 m), but we experienced, what I’m dubbing, the Noah Anointing—the animals came to our tour bus ark of safety including many grizzly bears! More on that later including photos and videos of bears, moose, bighorn sheep and caribous up close—only feet away! Suffice it to say, Yah blessed us immensely. Did I mention the epic glacial calving we experienced in Glacier Bay? Again, stay tuned for pics and vids.
Here are several teasers that I snapped with my iPhone. We had five cameras going! There’s much more to come…
This is the inside door of the pit toilets in Denali National Park—GRIZZLY BEAR COUNTRY!
Please stay tuned for more. You have seen anything yet. These are just a few photos snapped from an iPhone! We had five cameras (still and video) rolling…