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Alaska 2005

In which my mother and I travel to the far north in search of the land of my birth.

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items are from between 25 Aug 2005 & 08 Sep 2005.

Flowers, outside the Fairbanks Visitors' Center

Mom, outside the Northward Building - Fairbanks, AK

The Northward Building

Info about the present-day Northward Building

Mom, outside the visitor center - Fairbanks, AK

It keeps your engine running in the winter, but it won't keep your tires from freezing

How to plug in your car

Monster sunflower!

Outside the Post Office

Water spills toward the chute in a gold mining demonstration

Blooms as wide as the palm of my hand

Water mixes with dirt, rocks, and gold

Mom, outside the mining exhibit visitor center

Tall enough for a caribou to pass without hitting its head

Testing the water temperature in Fairbanks. Newsflash... it's f***in' freezing!

Floatplane on the Chena River - Fairbanks, AK

Up, up, and awaaaaay!

Back on the ground, er... water

Four-time Iditarod champ Susan Butcher shows her dogs

Run! Run like the wind!

Coming back from their lap around the lake

Ah! Refreshing!

This thing was seriously about twice the size of my head.

I think you'll find baby giants in this cabbage patch.

Only in the winter, obviously

Gray hairs to the left of me...

Bald spots to the right...

Stuck in the middle with moose.

Mooses in the spruces.

From the bus window

Denali National Park, with slight bus window reflection

Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!

Plants in Denali

McKinley begins to make an appearance...

as the clouds rise

Not that you can tell, but Mt. McKinley is in the distance behind me.

Mom overlooks the Nenana River from the Denali Princess Lodge

Moss from slightly farther away

The Nenana, as it flows by the hotel

Climbing down the trail to Horseshoe Lake - Denali National Park

Oh, that's not going to be fun coming back up!

Horseshoe Lake - Denali

More Denali scenery

Dam! No beavers.

Climbing hill... out... of... breath.

Flowers in Denali

Self portrait #1 - Denali National Park

Spooooky trees on the Jonesville Trail

Nenana, Nenana, Hey hey hey, goodbye

The train from Denali to Talkeetna

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