• Jerry Sousa, Iditerod Champion

    September 8, 2012 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 32 °F

    In the morning we went to the Talkeetna training center of Jerry Sousa, a contender for the championship of the Iditerod dog sled race. We followed in a four-wheeler and the dogs led their four-wheeler on a course around the outskirts of Talkeetna. They washed off in a cold stream when they finished their training run, then we went back to the kennels. Glenda fell in love with a little black and white dog named Willow. We went back to Talkeetna where I set up to photograph Denali. Eventually the clouds cleared and I got a decent shot.Read more

  • Flight Over Denali

    September 7, 2012 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °F

    We had scheduled a flight-seeing tour over Mount McKinley, but the weather was not cooperating. We went to the airport and were told to come back at two o'clock to see whether the weather improved. We were told to come back at four o'clock. At two o'clock we were told that the weather would definitely improve, and the aviators hoped that the weather would be good by then. At four o'clock the weather was good enough to take off, and it improved as we approached Mount McKinley. We saw the Babe Ruth Glacier and a "theater" made of ice. We flew around the Moose's Tooth and the weather cooperated beautifully. As we landed we saw the fall colors of Alaska, which appear only briefly. It was a breathtaking memoryRead more

  • On the Road to Talkeetna

    September 7, 2012 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F

    Breakfast was at the Captain Cook Hotel before we boarded the bus for Talkeetna and the Princess McKinley Lodge. We checked into our room, then had time to wander through the lovely town. We saw a model of Denali in the public library. Then we went to the airport to check on our scheduled flight-seeing tour over Denali.Read more

  • The Last Frontier

    September 6, 2012 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F

    We flew from Charlotte and arrived at the airport in Anchorage. After a night's sleep at the Captain Cook Hotel, we set out the next day for Talkeetna.

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