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| Glacier |
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| Glacier sliding into lake |
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| Glacier Trails |
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| Glacier Trails |
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August 2 -I flew to Anchorage!!! It was soooo exciting... I was blessed to get an exit row, window seat for the 8 hours from Atlanta to Anchorage... and then even better, I was on the right side of the plane. What does that mean? Coming across from Canada into Alaska, I had a great view of the mountains and glaciers and they were beautiful!!!! I took 25 pictures!! I arrived at 6:30 to very friendly teachers who got me settled in and then one of the district office people took us all out to eat!!!! Went to the Sourdough Mining Company -which used to be a gold mining company and now is an excellent restaurant!!
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| My room at University of Alaska Achorage |
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| My View from the UAA room |
I spent the week in Anchorage -staying at the University of Alaska for only$50/night -far cheaper than any other place in Anchorage during the summer. I got my drivers' license, a phone -my first phone with a plan and camera, and some food! I visited Earthquake park, where you can still see the damage from a 1964 earthquake that caused an area in Anchorage to just cave in. I also met up with a friend who happened to be in town and we went out to a great pizza place!!
On August 6th, I flew to Nome where I spent the weekend with a friend. We went berry picking and salmon fishing and four-wheeling down the beach! We also made a fire on the beach and cooked hotdogs!! It was a wonderful time!!! I boarded an airplane for Golovin on Sunday afternoon -so exciting... going to see my new home for the first time!!!!!
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| Hot Dogs on the Beaches of Nome! |
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| The rough areas are literally hundreds of salmon spawning in just a foot or two of water! |
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| AHHHH!!! The Bering Sea is quite refreshing this time of year!!!!! |
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| Rock from the side of a hill -mined and chopped up to build sea walls and make gravel. |
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| Sunset over the Bering Sea |
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| Who knew it could be this calm between the US and Russia -hahah!!!! |
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| A walk by the Bering Sea |
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| Successful berry picking! Salmon (Cloud), blue, and black (like currant) berries |
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| I went berry picking with Charles! |
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| I forgot to get a picture of the gold-mining camp on the other side... but who would've thought to see that in Nome? |
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| Packing up for our fishing trip and ride on the beach! |
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| The arch!! They drag it onto the road for the mushers to cross under in March!!! |
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| This was SOOOO fun!!!! Though driftwood burns fast -there was plenty of it! |
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| A salmon or cloud berry -sweet and tart at the same time! |
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| Salmon -yum!!!! |
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White Alice (0n top of Anvil Mountain)- government is deciding her fate now that the Cold War is over.
So this was taken a month after my first trip to Nome, but I thought it fit here.
Inside the big gold pan!
Reindeer tracks on the beaches of Nome!
I love finding these purple starfish!!
My first flight on a bush plane!!! Golovin, here I come!!!!!
Past Rocky Point
This is why you have to wait until it freezes to take a snow machine or 4 wheeler to Nome!
First glimpse of my new home!!
I later learned that this is downtown. |
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