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be inspired by this October Afternoon Sketch

I can't remember now what put me in mind of these photos for this sketch but they are perfect!

Time to work on our Alaska cruise album again, I think...

This bear is having a good ole back scratch!

I went in search of all things "bear" in my stash, mostly Simple Stories & October Afternoon.

Then I looked online for a poem & found this perfect little thought about grizzlies:

Go check out the list of prompts at Whimsical Musings for FAB inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alaska Trip: Day Ten, Glacier Point

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Saturday

10:00 am

We are taken to the cruise ship docks to rendezvous with our Glacier Point Wilderness Safari boat.

 

Yes, please.

We arrive at Glacier National Park, have a quick sammie lunch, then on to the trail head.

We get a life jacket & sturdy wellies.

Uh-oh, it looks a lot farther away than expected...

Getting closer...

 

This may look close, but those trees in the middle are an island!

Are we there yet?!?

 

Even closer!

We landed! The earlier group informed us that they had been on a walk on the moon.

We are beginning to understand what they meant...

Now we walk back.
ALL the way back...
(can you see those teeny tiny people way back there?)

Another glorious sunny day, skimming across the water...
waving at some harbor seals enjoying it, too.

(This one looks like a torpedo that washed up!)

Ready to start our first cruise...

Tonight is the big dress-up gala dinner.

Alaska Trip: Day Five, Fairbanks

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Monday

8:00 am

Bags out & we are off in an hour to Fairbanks,
panning for gold & a river raft float trip this evening!

It was quite a moment - standing in Fairbanks, Alaska - a childhood dream realized for Greg.

One claim to fame for Fairbanks is that it's the home of the Yukon Quest,
a dogsled race covering 1,000 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska to
Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada. The route follows
historic gold rush migrations & the Yukon River.

We met dog musher Kyia Bouchard, owner of this museum.

Musher wannabe photo #4 (I think)

This really captured our imagination!

Every kid's winter dream :-D

Another bear photo...

Excursion to Gold Dredge #8 included ducking under the Alaskan pipeline!
They have it raised up to in certain areas accommodate caribou migrations & wildlife.

Amazing to hear how there is an eye on every bit of it.

Off to pan for gold!

G got a little advice on technique.

We ended up with $35 worth between the two of us,

but spent a wee bit more than that in the gift shop...

Dinner and a lazy Midnight Sun river raft float down the Chena River 

with our extreme excursion Arctic Circle partners, Connie & John.

 This bad boy guarded this whole stretch of river.

We startled a family of mergansers as we came in to dock.

Our host shared about what it's like to live in the bush.

Loved the chance to get out & see some local scenery & relax.
Tomorrow? On to the Yukon!