The Landscape of Alaska

I feel it is impossible to completly capture the beauty of the state of Alaska in full. However, I attempted and as you'll see below, there is no shortage of beautiful scenery. Anyone who has visited there cannot possibly look at the towering snow covered mountain peaks or the enormous wildlife and not see the hand of God at work.

Our first stop was in Seward. Birthplace of the Alaskan flag and current home of Jonathan.

Then we jumped in the car and drove up the Seward Highway which runs between Anchorage and Seward.

From there we went to Homer, Soldotna and Kenai. Homer is a perfect place to go if you want to see Bald Eagles or eat seafood. Soldotna and Kenai are very close together and where we stayed Saturday night with Beth's friends the Bookouts.

One thing you may not know about Alaska is that they have a large number of Volcanos. I don't know why but I only have a picture of Mt. Redoubt which is on the way to Soldotna.




It doesn't ever really get "dark" in Alaska at night. It just turns a kinda purple bluish color.

From there it was back to Seward to pack for Fairbanks and Denali National Park. The weather was not so great on this leg of our trip. It rained/snowed and was cloudy almost the entire time. We saw very little wildlife in Denali and the scenery was covered by clouds-and not the "this makes a great picture" clouds either. However, on our way back to Seward on the 9th we were able to see Mt. McKinley (America's tallest peak at over 20K feet) and a few other nice scenes.

A closer look at Mt. McKinley

Some other scenery on the way back from Fairbanks

From there it was back to Seward to sadly come back home. But before we left I managed to get a few more last shots.