Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2008
Cross country skiing along the ocean, Seward, Alaska.
We have had a great winter so far – lots of snow! We received another nice foot of dry powder Tuesday, and an additional half a foot Tuesday night. This was taken yesterday afternoon. Although we dry to ski just about everyday – this was a setup shot.
Hiker at the end of the Harding Icefield Trail, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
Of all the wonderful hiking trails in the Seward area, the Harding Icefield trail is my favorite. It has everything; amazing scenery and wildlife. The wildlife on this trail includes plenty of marmots, but there is a very good chance you will see bears and mountain goats as well. But the real attraction has to be the scenery – specifically Exit Glacier and the Harding Icefield. If you have never stood at the edge of an icefield and looked out at mile after mile of ice, snow and nunataks (mountain rising out of the icefield), it is an amazing experience! I have spent some wonderful nights on the edge of Harding Icefield with my tent watching some beautiful sunsets and sunrises.
The trail is about 8 miles round trip – that isn’t too bad, but like most trails in the Seward area, you do a lot of climbing – it has a 3,000 vertical foot rise in total. If you don’t do a lot of hiking, you are going to feel the climbRead More
Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
Just a short, beautiful 12 mile drive from Seward is Exit Glacier. Exit Glacier is one of the few glaciers in Alaska that you can easily walk up to and view and photograph up close. From the parking lot, the trail is about a mile, with much of that on a paved pathway. If you have never seen a glacier up close, it is a fascinating treat. For the photographer, there are endless photo opportunities.
This is actually an older photo shot on film. Unfortunately this glacier has receded a fair amount since this photo was taken, and now the toe of the glacier is off the valley floor. I think the rate of retreat is going to really increase because the sun can now warm the underlying bedrock.
Harding Icefield at sunrise, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
I recently broke up some of my categories a bit and discovered I have only posted 4 photos of Kenai Fjords National Park! We live in the gateway city to my favorite National Park, and I have largely ignored it here on the blog – so I hope to fix that over the next week or so.
If you have followed this blog for long, you will remember the wonderful time we spent around the Grand Tetons this past June. It is nice to have images from that trip already in print – from pond to print in less then 6 months!
This is one of the advantages of digital. During the days of shooting slides, a trip like the one we took to the desert southwest last winter would just now be making it to market. With digital, that trip paid for itself within just a few months!
These trips may pay for themselves quicker, but they won’t begin to pay for any of the homes in this catalog!
Here you can read more about our travels to the Grand Tetons on the photo blog.
A good friend of ours with the F/V Vigilant heading out into a snowstorm about an hour ago, Seward, Alaska.
We have been getting lots of wonderful snow here in Seward over the last few days – and tonight we have a blizzard warning – the prediction is for another foot or more – the more the better as far as I’m concerned!
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