Popular Post TrentonMakes Posted July 31, 2017 Popular Post Share #1 Posted July 31, 2017 By far the best vacation of my lifetime so far - I have to consider that it may never be topped. I seemed like everywhere we looked there was something we wanted to take a photo of. My son pulled up a halibut that the boat captain estimated at 100 pounds - too big to get onto the boat. His other catch, a "tiny" 11-pounder, was filleted and will be shipped home. My daughter and I did a 15-mile, mostly downhill ride along the Klondike Highway into Skagway. We saw quite a few waterfalls on this trip but the one we got a good look at on this ride was the best. The highlight for me was the train ride from Anchorage to Seward where we boarded the ship. The scenery was stunning, and we spotted a few moose, bald eagles, and a small bear on a snowbank. Also went to a musk ox farm, a reindeer farm, and a sled dog camp. At the end of the cruise we ended up with about 6 hours to kill in Vancouver (I thought it was going to just be a quick stop/transfer). We walked to Stanley Park and I was impressed with the bike/ped facilities there. One bridge beneath the highway had separate cartways for pedestrians, bicyclists and skaters. The photo with the dead trees is a "ghost forest" near Girdwood. In the 1964 earthquake this area settled something like 10-12 feet and the intrusion of salt water killed, and then preserved, these trees. I found this fascinating. I spent a week on a cruise ship with multiple AYCE facilities and I managed not to gain any weight. We did a lot of walking, and stair climbing, throughout the trip. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted July 31, 2017 Share #2 Posted July 31, 2017 I will have to give this more thought, but you may have just passed @Zephyr for the best thread in SWF history. I will do the calculations and announce my decision by 6 pm. Seriously, beautiful pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted July 31, 2017 8 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: Seriously, beautiful pics. All credit goes to the setting, not the photographer. I think it's hard not to take a beautiful photo up there. The blue ice photo is the Hubbard Glacier, which we were told is some 350 feet high and several miles across where it meets the water (the three-level tour boat gives some perspective). It was one of the warmest days of the trip and huge chunks of ice were falling off into the water, resulting in a sound something like thunder which we heard a few seconds later. Completely awesome - I could have stared at that for hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted July 31, 2017 Share #4 Posted July 31, 2017 We went to Alaska for our honeymoon 10 years ago, I think I agree, very hard to top. We particularity loved Denali park. If we wen't back, we'd likey stay at the cabin inside the park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted July 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: We went to Alaska for our honeymoon 10 years ago, I think I agree, very hard to top. We particularity loved Denali park. If we wen't back, we'd likey stay at the cabin inside the park. We considered going to Denali, but we pretty much spent two entire days of the vacation traveling to and from AK, and we decided we didn't want to add another 12 hours getting to Denali and back. My in-laws from Maryland went up, though, and they loved it. I took this photo from the Fred Meyer parking lot around 10pm, Anchorage time. I generally went to bed around 10:30 pm and was up by 6, and I went about ten days without seeing darkness outside. That was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted July 31, 2017 Share #6 Posted July 31, 2017 Spectacular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted July 31, 2017 Share #7 Posted July 31, 2017 It looks like there is a giant crab in the waterfall pic! I had to do a double take. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted July 31, 2017 Share #8 Posted July 31, 2017 48 minutes ago, jsharr said: It looks like there is a giant crab in the waterfall pic! I had to do a double take. I think it's actually a normal sized crab at the base of a very small waterfall... Great pictures TM! I nominate the following for entry into 'The Best Photos of 2017' collection: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted July 31, 2017 Share #9 Posted July 31, 2017 Omg!!! Absolutely stunning!! I am so totally jealous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted July 31, 2017 Share #10 Posted July 31, 2017 Wow..what a fantastic trip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted July 31, 2017 25 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: Great pictures TM! I nominate the following for entry into 'The Best Photos of 2017' collection: You're too kind. The photo of the mountains mirrored in the lake is indeed one of my favorites of the entire trip - I just wish it didn't also have the reflection of the LED lights inside the train car. If I realized it at the time I'd have tried harder to avoid it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted July 31, 2017 Share #12 Posted July 31, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted July 31, 2017 Share #13 Posted July 31, 2017 Very nice, thanks for sharing. After a week back in the heat of eastern Montana, I am sure my wife would rather be back in Alaska. She also took this train trip, before going on one of several boat rides. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted July 31, 2017 Share #14 Posted July 31, 2017 Beautiful pics and I"m glad you had a wonderful trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share #15 Posted July 31, 2017 3 hours ago, Kzoo said: wow, magic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted August 2, 2017 Share #16 Posted August 2, 2017 Great pics. When in Vancouver, you were just a ferry ride away! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun Posted August 2, 2017 Share #17 Posted August 2, 2017 Wow! Looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 2, 2017 Share #18 Posted August 2, 2017 nice pics. A friend of mine just retired and drove to Alaska from Michigan. Made it a nice trip, he's still there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 2, 2017 Share #19 Posted August 2, 2017 Those are amazing pictures!! What kind of iphone did you take them on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share #20 Posted August 2, 2017 21 minutes ago, Randomguy said: What kind of iphone did you take them on? All photos courtesy of my Samsung Galaxy S7. I'm really happy (mostly) with how they came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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