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And so our photographic tour begins in Anchorage
Our tour begins at the Visitor Center on 4th St. to pick up some maps and lists of attractions.
Anchorage is a fairly large city with modern buildings.
These fish (salmon) .sculptures were found throughout the city. Some, I believe, were created by children.
Spring flowers were blooming throughout the area.
Some people take photographs of the scenery and others take photographs of the photographer.
And here is what I was doing.
Around my home in the Mid-Atlantic region, we don't have scenery like this.
We also toured the Independence Mine, an abandoned gold mine that the state is trying to preserve as a part of its heritage.
A few people were panning for gold.
Ah some wildlife, one of our reasons for traveling to Alaska. We start with a reindeer
Then a buffalo
How about a couple of bears?
Some more buffalos
Back to the reindeer
Finally a moose. I have been all over trying to find moose and here is one just outside Anchorage.
This was on our way along Turnagain Arm.
A few more wild flowers. They will keep popping up at various places.
Getting out of order a bit but to keep all the Anchorage photos together, on our way back home we stopped in Anchorage again. We went to the Athabascan Russian Orthodox Church and cemetery in Eklutna. The building to the right is the original church. The structure below is a memorial shrine.
These are spirit houses built over the graves. This is apparently an Athabascan tradition.
The new church with some of the spirit houses in the foreground.
A solitary salmon fisherman was found in the river in Anchorage.
We day tripped along Turnagain Arm to try and find Dall sheep and some more moose.
This girl looks kind of worn. Maybe they shed their coats in the spring.
Anchorage
The Alaska Native Heritage is just a few miles outside the downtown area and is a recommended stop.
We found this one young moose waiting in a muddy pasture alongside the road.
We also found this very proud and protective pair of geese with their young.
A Lesser Yellowlegs
And a swallow
Since it was now the 4th of July, we had to participate in the festivities
The Air Force Brass Band
Of course no 4th of July celebration is complete without fireworks. These were at midnight and it still wasn't dark.
The next part of the journey takes you to the Kenai Peninsula.
