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Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 7 Comments

Devils Club, Chugach National Forest, near Seward, Alaska.

Devils Club, Chugach National Forest, near Seward, Alaska.

This bright red patch of devils club in a sea of rich green caught my eye yesterday as I went running on my favorite mountain trail.  I went back this morning with a camera, 24mm tilt/shift lens and a tripod to photograph this colorful patch.

I hope this doesn’t mean fall is coming early.  Don’t get me wrong, I love our brief, but spectacular fall.  But, the calendar still says July, and we have only seen a few days above 60 – I’m still looking forward to summer!

Summer Mountains

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 5 Comments

Mountains of the Resurrection Penisula, from Seward, Alaska.

Mountains of the Resurrection Peninsula, from Seward, Alaska.

Over the years I have posted many different compositions of the view from our house, but almost all of them have been in the winter when the mountains are completely covered in snow.

Hacked!

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Denali, Photos, Travel 16 Comments

A bull moose takes a peak at me ealier this summer, Denali National Park, Alaska.

A bull moose takes a peak at me earlier this summer, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Friday our dedicated server was hacked – someone took down our website including my photo blog and our main photo website.  It is very frustrating, but after a lot of hard work by our web-host (more on that later this week) we were back in action by Saturday.

Once the dust settled all that was lost my Anza-Borrego blog post from last Friday.  That wasn’t a big deal, it was a short one, but I was bummed to lose the comment that went along with it.  I greatly appreciate it when anyone takes time from their busy day to leave a comment but this one was extra special as it was written by David Leland Hyde, the son of the late Philip Hyde.  Philip Hyde was a famous pioneer landscape photographer who was the photographer for many books including Alaska:  The Great Land in 1974, so I thought it was pretty neat to hear from his son.

While I will never understand why really smart people spend their time trying to disrupt other peoples lives by hacking their computers and website, I’m grateful that the damage was minimal.  If anyone else left comments on Friday, I’m sorry I didn’t get to see them.

This is the second time I have been hacked.  You might remember this post:    https://my-photo-blog.com/visitor-stats-and-double-crossing-porn-scammers-and-hackers

Horseback Riding in Alaska!

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Photos, Travel 6 Comments

Brianna Bardason horseback riding in Seward, Alaska.

Breanna Bardason horseback riding in Seward, Alaska.

For years now I have been hearing about the wonderful scenery along the trail used by Bardy Trail Rides.  It was one of those things I had always intended to photograph, but summer would get busy and I would never get around to it.

This year, Breanna gave me a call two weeks ago to give me a heads up on how great the wildflowers were looking, and I decided then I would head out there the very next nice day for some photography for her business and mine.  Well, last night we finally got that nice weather!

I really haven’t spent any time around horses so I’m really not a “horse person”, but even this non horse person thought her trail ride looked awesome!  Great scenery, stream crossings, wildflowers and wildlife including active bald eagle nests!  Even though you are right in the Seward City limits you wouldn’t know it.  Eventually the ride takes you out to some wonderful ocean views.

So if you find yourself in Seward with a couple of extra hours – I highly recommend Bardy Trail Rides!

Aialik Landscapes

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Kenai Fjords, Photos, Travel 5 Comments

An Aialik lagoon, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

An Aialik lagoon, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

Our recent weather pattern has been bringing us our fair share of rain – that can happen during the summer, hopefully we will see a little more sunshine soon!