View of downtown Fairbanks We learned that Fairbanks is an arctic desert. 0406alaska0001.jpg |
We visited Mary Shields, who was the first woman to complete the Iditaod race 0406alaska0009.jpg |
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Mary demonstrating her dog sled. |
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Mary, Sandy, and Pat |
Mary's vegetable garden |
Typical road sign. 0406alaska0043.jpg |
Large Animal Research Station |
We visited the Fairbanks museum |
We took a riverboat tour on the Chena River and glacier fed Tanana river. This is Susan Butcher and Dave Monson's kennel 0406alaska0076.jpg |
Raindeer are domesticated Caribou 0406alaska0079.jpg |
Fish Camp 0406alaska0085.jpg |
Chena Indian Village 0406alaska0107.jpg |
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Paddlewheel of the Discovery III riverboat 0406alaska0184.jpg |
Float Plane |
Gold dredge #8 0406alaska220.jpg |
Panning for gold 0406alaska263.jpg |
Gold! |
Alaska Pipeline 0406alaska278.jpg |
Billie, Sandy, Pat, Nancy, Lea sitting in a section of the pipeline. |
We took the McKinley Explorer to Denali National Park 0406alaska280.jpg |
aboard the Denali Explorer 0406alaska316.jpg |
dining car 0406alaska322.jpg |
Coming into Denali 0406alaska342.jpg |
view of the train 0406alaska343.jpg |
Here's the town at Denali 0406alaska352.jpg |
braided river 0406alaska367.jpg |
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Willow Ptarmigan Alaska's State Bird 0406alaska362ptarmigan.jpg |
Sow grizzly and 3 cubs |
We saw moose 0406alaska412moose1 |
Billie and Nancy and our tour bus. 0406alaska400.jpg |
This is where we stayed in Denali. 0406alaska408.jpg |
Jet boat 0406alaska423.jpg |
Eagle at the top of a tree 0406alaska423eagle.jpg |
Train station at Denali. We took the McKinley Explorer to Anchorage that day. 0406alaska485.jpg |
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We had a wonderful dinner on the train. 0406alaska567.jpg |
Coming into Anchorage 0406alaska596.jpg |
passing a freight train 0406alaska599.jpg |
Billie's niece took us to Gwennie's for breakfast |
Billie with her niece and her family 0406alaska625.jpg |
Dal sheep at the Anchorage zoo. 0406alaska667.jpg |
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A Wyland mural in Anchorage 0406alaska713.jpg |
park in central Anchorage |
Trip to Seward 0406alaska751.jpg |
Our ship the Statendam 0406alaska775.jpg |
Lifeboat drill 0406alaska808.jpg |
College Fjord |
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Dressed up for the Captain's dinner 0406alaska836.jpg |
Glacier Bay (6/15) 0406alaska871.jpg |
Calving of the glacier 0406alaska872Glacier100.jpg |
Birds living on the cliff side |
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On the way to Sitka 0406alaska898.jpg |
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Sitka is really close 6/16/04 0406alaska910.jpg |
Bald Eagle at the Raptor Center 0406alaska921c.jpg |
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Thingit robe in Sitka museum |
Russian Dancers Sitka 0406alaska984.jpg |
St. Michaels Cathedral Sitka 0406alaska988.jpg |
Sandy and Kate McCarty watercolor artist 0406alaska995.jpg |
We tendered into Sitka 0406alaskaa1004.jpg |
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Mount Roberts Tram Juneau 6/17/04 0406alaskaa1028.jpg |
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Mendenhall glacier, Juneau 0406alaskaa1057.jpg |
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This rock shows scarring from the glacier 0406alaskaa1077.jpg |
Salmon Bake 0406alaskaa1085.jpg |
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Baked Alaska Dinner 0406alaskaa1092ON32.jpg |
Our table mates Jean and George 0406alaskaa1093ON35.jpg |
Chef staff delivering Baked Alaska 0406alaskaa1094ON43.jpg |
Ketchikan 6/18/2004 0406alaskaa1098.jpg |
Thingit village at Saxman 0406alaskaa1120.jpg |
Totem Poles at Saxman 0406alaskaa1130.jpg |
Ketchikan 0406alaskaa1136.jpg |
Midnight desserts extravaganza on board the Statendam. 0406alaskaa1175.jpg |
Ice carving demonstration 0406alaskaa1185.jpg |
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Last day on Statendam Heading for Vancouver 0406alaskaa1188.jpg |
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Vancouver--Last Stop 0406alaskaa1221.jpg |
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Our waiter Yupi (on the right) and assistant waiter 04alaskaON47.jpg |
We went to a wedding when we returned 04scottWed02.jpg |
Pat and Sandy with the Captain of the Statendam CaptainsDinner1.jpg |
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Group Picture M S Statendam 5.jpg |