Alaska: I gotta admit.

[Xicano]

Its got some beautiful country.




http://www.dirkpaessler.com/gallery/d/9233-3/The+water+airport+of+the+town+Denali+along+Denali+Highway.JPG


http://scsmiddle.wikispaces.com/file/view/800px-Wonder_Lake,_Denali.jpg/38400934/800px-Wonder_Lake,_Denali.jpg

[icnorth]

1. Barbie! Is that you? n/t

[rwheeler31]

6. I wish they would appreciate that.

[roguevalley]

24. appreciate what?

[Catshrink]

2. And some ugly people & lots of dogs

[lunatica]

3. I get a calendar of photos of Canada from a Canadian Faculty

He gives all the staff a calendar every year and it's always breathtaking photos like the ones you posted.

[Rick Myers]

4. Spent time in AK in the late 70's...

Beautiful country...

[Texasgal]

5. Ofcourse it is beautiful

what's your point?

[Rick Myers]

10. Well... It's not Texas!

;)

[Texasgal]

12. texas is beautiful

as well.

[City of Mills]

7. I'd absolutely kill to visit some day

Well maybe not kill, but it's on my list of things to do someday. My dad's been out there and loved it...

[roguevalley]

25. come up. you would be so welcomed. come down to the Kenai

and say howdy. (National Geographic has a series on our troopers.)

[Thickasabrick]

8. Wow....that is an incredible shot of that bear. I wonder how close

the photographer was?

[roguevalley]

26. there is a bear sanctuary where you get in my lottery and people

take great photos there. They can be close up, really close and telephoto. they are why I don't hike here. We have grizzlies galore. :)

[lob1]

9. Those are beautiful pics xicano.

[Xicano]

15. Thanks lob1. I wish I could have been the one who took them. :)

:hi:

[Libertas1776]

11. It's not the land's fault that

it is ruled by dumbshits and teabaggers. :-)

[d_b]

14. qft

[StarfarerBill]

13. I agree with you there, Xicano.

[Xicano]

16. Thanks StarfarerBill. One of these days I would like to visit there.

:)

[StarfarerBill]

22. You and me both, my friend.

At 45, I'm a bit disappointed that I haven't seen more of our country, and none at all of any other save in pictures.

Maybe someday...:)

[RoyGBiv]

17. Wait ... Is that? I think, yes, yes, I think ...

I can see RUSSIA!!!

(sorry)

It is beautiful. Has some great people.

Has at least one moron from hell in it, or from it, or who was there before she quit anyway.

[Cleita]

18. Yep and those bastards want to keep drilling for oil up there in what

is probably one of the last places on the planet we haven't fucked up yet. Too bad that there are still too many Sarah Palin types still up there.

[Xicano]

21. Hi Cleita. Yes that saddens me greatly too.

Reminds me of these lyrics by the Doors:

What have they done to the Earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences
And dragged her down

[bridgit]

19. Yup, no doubt about that

[Xicano]

20. I hope it always stays as wild as it is.

.

[intheflow]

23. Absolutely! I went there in 2007 to visit a DUer.

BlueInAK. She brought me all over. Here are some of my photographs of the great state of Alaska!

This is a glacial lake. You can see a little blue glacial ice floating on the left.



Moose!



Mountains' majesty, plus glacier.

[roguevalley]

27. one year we had 11 feet of snow and the moose were looking for

food. One came into my house and I remember looking up at him with a sort of, ok, what do I do. I smacked his nose and waved my arms and he backed off. :) I love moose.

[intheflow]

28. Now that's a cool story!

:)