This is just a taste of the scenery around here:
We took a boat tour on the Portage Lake this morning--to see the Portage Glacier:
The sign on the door of the boat place said this:
But the only bear we saw was this one at the Chugach Visitor's Center:
Until we stopped at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center:
Yes, it's behind a fence, but there's no way I'd see one that close in the wild--though I'm still hopeful. We got close to animals here--l mean CLOSE. Take a look at this moose just inches from my face!
We're headed out in a bit to Bird Point to try to see the bore tide--a wall of water up to six feet tall that can roar up Turnagain Arm when the tide changes. Here's hoping today's one of those days!
That's the work of God! So beautiful!
Posted by: Puva | June 23, 2008 at 07:39 PM
Many many Thanks Joanne for sharing those amazing pictures with us...I have never seen a bear in my life..I was thrilled when I first saw your pic with the bear.....Wow...Alaska is beautiful..God's own land.
Posted by: Priti | June 24, 2008 at 07:49 AM
we were just in alaska and that looks a lot like the glaciers we saw. it was cold!
Posted by: chickadee@afamiliarpath | June 24, 2008 at 03:33 PM
I have always said that I would love to see a bear in the wild. But I guess I need to add that I would like to be stopped in my car and not running from one :)
Beautiful pics
Posted by: Debbie | June 24, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Wow, what awesome scenery
Posted by: Lori | June 24, 2008 at 05:15 PM
Wow, that's incredible!!
Posted by: Marla Taviano | June 24, 2008 at 07:59 PM
Amazing photos. I hope the girls' moose continue to work. Thanks for providing so many great updates from your trip.
Posted by: wendy | June 24, 2008 at 08:00 PM
Looks like sooooooooooo much fun and what amazing pics!
Posted by: Christina | June 26, 2008 at 07:22 AM
Gorgeous!
I am loving coming along on your Alaskan travels!
What a trip of a lifetime!
Posted by: linda thompson | June 26, 2008 at 09:01 AM
ha! i think that was the exact same conservation center we stopped at when we were in alaska! it was like looking at my own photos. only i tried to trick everyone more and shot between the fence. people actually gasped at the thought that we would be quite so close to a bear! i'm trying to remmeber but i think the only other actual bears we saw were from the train. they were faraway and we were moving past. what a glorious place to visit!
Posted by: fara | June 26, 2008 at 05:29 PM