Jack & Mary Nelle's Alaskan Adventure - September, 1999

Jack & Mary Nelle's Alaskan Adventure - September, 1999

We spent 9 fabulous days exploring Alaska between Seward and Fairbanks. We stayed in a variety of Bed & Breakfast Inns, including stays with an Iditarod Musher, with a stained glass artisan and overlooking Resurection Bay in Seward. The awesome scenary and the wonderful people of that land made it a truly magical experience.

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Autumn tundra in Denali National Park.
Aspen fall colors. Denali National Park.
Autumn in Denali National Park.
Native Cultural Center, Anchorage.
Native Cultural Center, Anchorage.
Native Cultural Center, Anchorage.
Caribou in Denali National Park.
Grizzly in Denali National Park.
Wonder Lake, Denali National Park.
Mary Nelle visited 9 quilt shops, including this one in Fairbanks.
Discovery III riverboat, Fairbanks.
Eskimo sisters, Fannie & Kim, Fairbanks.
Kim models an Eskimo fur coat.
Multi Ididarod winner, Susan Butcher, Fairbanks.
Jack fantasizes about winning the Ididarod.
Glass House B&B, Girdwood.
Glass House B&B, Girdwood.
Mt Alyeska, Girdwood.
Railroad snowblower with 9 ft blade, Girdwood.
Salmon spawning, Girdwood.
Dry Creek B&B run by Iditarod musher, Dave & Jeanne Sawatzky, Healy.
Dry Creek B&B, Healy.
Young Sara shows off a future dog sled team member. Dry Creek B&B, Healy.
Tipper, Dry Creek B&B, Healy.
Mt McKinley flightseeing.
Mt McKinley flightseeing.
Mt McKinley flightseeing.
Mt McKinley flightseeing.
We saw Mt McKinley from the air.
We saw Mt McKinley from the highway.
We saw Mt McKinley from a river raft.
We saw Mt McKinley from the railroad crossing.
We saw Mt McKinley at sunset from the banks of the Talkeetna River.
This telephone pole tripod is placed on the frozen river at Menana and bets are placed on the date and time that the ice will melt enough to move it downstream where it trips a wire.
View from our bedroom window, Seward.
View from our bedroom window, Seward.
Glacier tour boat guide, Captian Leslie.
Resurrection Bay, Seward.
Glacier National Park, near Seward.
Bald Eagle, Seward.
Tour boat escorts, Seward.
Puffin, Seward.
A curious seal, Seward.
Young Kayla with Captain Leslie.
Our dog sled team, Seward.
Mary Nelle tries her hand at the dog sled, Seward.
Two future Ididarod participants, Tyrell Seavey and pup, Seward.
One of the greeters at the Alaska Sea Life Center, Seward.
You can pet a starfish at the Alaska Sea Life Center, Seward.
No thanks! I don't care to pet the squid at the Alaska Sea Life Center, Seward.
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