Tuesday Travel Highlight – Alaska
Alaska was one of the exciting places we have traveled. We watched so much about glacier on National Geographic or BBC channels. But there is nothing like seeing it close up.
We flew to Anchorage. I had my heaviest jacket on when we went to the tourist center. The tour guide said, “Are you from California?” Then I looked around and realized that I was the only teddy bear.
We took the cruise boat to watch the glacier. I felt cold only when the boat got close to the glacier.
After the cruise, we did rafting on a calm river!! When driving around town, we noticed that more people owned seaplanes than cars. It makes sense because only seaplanes can get to and from many of the islands.
The exciting part of our trip was the helicopter ride to the top of the glacier. My husband is a helicopter pilot. The tour pilot said if my husband had his license with him, he would let my husband fly. Anyway, I took a lot of close up photos of the glacier. Eventually the tour pilot found a flat spot to land. We walked around and took photos, and took one for the cruise boat from above!
– Photo by Miriam Hurdle
The Showers of Blessings 
Well, so you get to do exceptional things, huh…..
Getting back to your post. Amazing. What an experience this must have been. I have a friend here in Az who lived for quite a while in Alaska. She has lots of stories. She loves it there, is thinking about returning. She says that she is a Polar Bear. She growls at me. She’s funny. But this is wonderful that bloggers can read and see these photos you share.
Thanks
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We travel a lot. I just post some photos of our China trip!
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Well I will have to look into this the China trip
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Brrrr….I hope you had plenty of Hot Cocoa!
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Thank you very much!
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Enjoyable read.Spectacular photos!
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Thank you for dropping by! I Appreciate your comment very much!
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Wow! These photos are amazingly beautiful, Miriam!
The first photo is so beautiful!
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It was taken from the cruise boat, in fact, the first three, I think are from the cruise. The later ones are from the helicopter and after the landing.
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We also had visited Tracy Arm fjord by cruise ship, but we did not join in any excursion. I had a few photos that I can share later. Dennis
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I showed your California Dreaming photo to my husband. He was impressed of how you captured all the colors! Stunning photo!!
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Thank you very much! I am glad that you guys like it! Dennis
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Yes, we do. Dennis. If you have a gallery, we’ll stop by!!
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Miriam, my photography work is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/blueskyoveraquatic/. Although, most of my photography work are photos of surfers. Thanks!
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It’s good to focus on your specialized area. I certainly will visit your site.
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Thank you, Miriam!
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I went to Newport Beach one day. Went to one shop. What happened was that he made a nest kind of sphere, put a spinning colored light inside, turned it on in a dark room and take all kind of photos, and sell the photos!!!!! What you are doing is more professional! 🙂
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Thank you for kind comments! I take surf photos for my friends’ kids (groms) as gifts. To improve my skills, I compete in playgrounds such as GuruShots, and I take assignments in National Geographic’s YourShot.
Once in a while, I upload my photos to iStockPhotos by GettyImages to be sold as ‘stock’ photos.
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I’m glad to know that you take on so many challenges. I do appreciate your skills and outcomes. Thank you for your gift California Dreaming. We’ll treasure it.
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You are welcome!
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Wow! Sounds like an awesome trip:)
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Yes, It was. First time riding the helicopter, first time seeing the glacier up close!!!!!
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It’s on my list of things to do:)
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Wow! good planning. 🙂 🙂
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These are stunning photographs. I would love to visit Alaska.
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Thank you! Aren’t they gorgeous? I hope they are not melting too fast. The water level is raising one inch a year, and the glacier both in north and south are cracking away!!!
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Wow! gorgeous!
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Thank you!! That was what I said when I saw the glacier from top!!
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Amazing photos! I’m sure it must have been even more so, seeing these in person. 🙂
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It was really amazing, especially when I roomed in to the glacier for photos, it was very exciting!! 🙂
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Incredibly jealous – this is very high on my travel bucket list!!
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Thank you for liking the photos. We only went to Anchorage. I think if we g again, we’ll take the train to go to Denali!!
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Great clicks Miriam😊
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Thank you, Sasha!! We had fun!! 🙂
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A really ‘cool’ trip! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the lovely pics.
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Thank you, Dahlia. It was cool and “cool”…I’m glad you like them!
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Those photos look amazing, it must have been a huge experience!
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It was! My first time riding helicopter. Had to wear a headset! It was amazing, as you said, to be right next to the glacier!! 🙂
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Fantastic trip! We did the same but in a plane which flew over the glacier, bay and back to Icy strait point. It was a wonderful trip! Will be writing about it soon!
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Wonderful! We enjoyed our trip! Waiting to see your post!
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Good photos and narration. I felt like being in that place.
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Thank you for your comment. It was a fun trip!!
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