Sherrita: Juvie Bald Eagle along Turnagain Arm, Alaska
Sherrita: Summit Lake on highway to Seward. It still had ice on it which melted during our two week stay.
Sherrita: A glacial fed lake on the road to Seward from Girdwood. The copper carbonate in the glacial silt makes the water a pretty light green.
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Sherrita: Moving a boat in Seward.
Sherrita: The Alaska Railroad makes several trips a day from Anchorage to Seward.
Sherrita: On the waterfront in Seward. I didn't realize it was the start of the Iditarod. A fishing boat heading out.
Sherrita: Two Bald Eagles were flying high overhead.
Sherrita: Flew right over me.
Sherrita: Trumpeter Swan.
Sherrita: Took a drive to Whittier. There is a 2.5 mile long tunnel ($12 fee) which goes from Seward Highway to Whittier and is one way! The tunnel is rather small and the insides are all rock. There is a train track also.
Sherrita: Entrance of the tunnel.
Sherrita: Fishing fleet in Whittier. Cruise ships also depart from here.
Sherrita: Looking across the bay in Whittier to a glacier.
Sherrita: Ferry boat in Whittier.
Sherrita: Still icebergs in the water.
Sherrita: I believe this is a breeding adult Mew Gull. Along Seward Highway.
Sherrita: Church near the Alyeska Resort, which is where we stayed for two weeks.
Sherrita: Moose along the road. We were heading to the Mercantile, which is the local store owned by Safeway. It is the smallest Safeway in the country but does the highest gross sales per square foot in the Safeway chain.
Sherrita: Trotted off to find more willow shoots which is their favorite food.
Sherrita: Along Seward Highway heading towards Anchorage.
Sherrita: At Bird Point, an observation area along Seward Highway.
Sherrita: Leaving Bird Point.
Sherrita: Such tall trees with a bumper crop of cones. There were many birds in these tall trees, but so hard to find them!
Sherrita: A trail we walked in the forest near the hotel.
Sherrita: Two eagles on a dolphin. That's what the boat's captain asked us if we had ever seen before. The structure they are on is called a dolphin. Real sense of humor!
Sherrita: Leaving the dock at Resurrection Bay, AK.
Sherrita: Mew Gull.
Sherrita: Mew gull.