Alaska 2 - More photos

Our first full day was an adventure of seeing mountains and clouds and the glory of God's creation in a land of lots more snow than we ever get in Ohio.  The record seasonal total for Anchorage was 132.6 inches, set in 1954-1955.  Last winter a new record of 133.6 inches was set in April, and there was still snow in the outlying areas while we were there in May! It was strange to see piles of melting snow in May out our hotel window. We passed a huge area where snow had been removed from the city and dumped in another area.

So using the guidebook Dan Cook told us about that details every milepost on every road in Alaska we knew there was an overlook coming up. Here is Bob photographing his long awaited mountain range. One of the locals who was on her way to work at Denali National Park told us that only 30% of the tourists get to see the top of Denali (Mt. McKinley). We were part of the fortunate percentage! The lower mountains look like foothills, but they are actually from 5160' to 13,100'!

I called these "Zebra Mountains."

 The light changed so dramatically we were in awe as the day went along. This was after supper in the Cantwell area where we stayed at a bed and breakfast for two nights.