26 Glacier Cruise pics!
I am home! It's always kinda depressing and surreal coming home after a fun vacation. We did see Denali though, yay! As we were driving by I Googled Ruth Glacier (why not lol. How did my phone get service in the mountains??), and was surprised when I read that the famous explorer Frederick Cook named it after one of his daughters! I'm sure I read that before when reading about Ruth Glacier, but it hadn't meant anything to me. I don't know a lot about Cook because I don't care for him and the whole "who made it to the North Pole first?" controversy between him and Peary..I hadn't known he explored around Denali!
I don't think I'll be able to identify all the glaciers in my pictures, but I'll try. The forest ranger guide told everyone more than once how lucky we were to have such nice weather (it rains a LOT down there), and that we'd get to see absolutely EVERYTHING. Thrilling words!! I probably took too many pics, but it's hard not to :P
Billings Glacier. Poor retreating glacier *sniff*
So blueeee!!!
Possibly Pigot Glacier
The entrance to Barry Arm, with Cascade Glacier. You can see the top of Barry and Coxe glaciers behind the hill
Sea otters!
O hai
College Fjord and the majestic Harvard Glacier! At one spot I counted at least eight glaciers you could see at once! Paradise!
Not sure of this one
Pretty colors!
This one looks like a soaring eagle!
I think this one is Vassar
Bryn Mawr, which looked like it had been advancing to me
It was SO bright out I'm amazed that most of my pics turned out so well haha
Smith Glacier
Coming up to Harvard!!
The face is 1.5 miles wide!
It's fun hanging out at Harvard!
Nice and healthy!
It was so cool to hear the creaks of the glacier..you can't see it, but it's (slowly) moving. It feels alive! The thunderous calving is also very cool
Help I can't stop taking pictures!!
Heck yes!
Everyone (even the crew) was amazed by this solitary piece of ice sticking up! Crazy!
*swoons*
Bye, Harvard! *sniff*
Smith and Harvard
Harvard and Yale (which is retreating)
So cool how unique every glacier is! Yale has a cool texture lol
A margarita with glacier ice?? Ummm YES please!! Haha. They also gave us chocolate chip cookies..yum!
Sea lions
A not great pic of Tebenkof Glacier
A not great pic of Beloit, Blackstone and its icefield
Possibly Ripon
Lawrence??
Beloit?
*gives up* LOL
Blackstone was SUUUPER hard to take pics of, so bright!! You could hear the waterfall in the distance
I turned around and I was like "OMG so pretty!!" Pictures don't do it justice
Oh yeahhh. My hair was hard to brush this morning LOL
The tunnel to/from Whittier
Denali's coming up!
Mom and I like to stop at this overlook when Denali's out (there were a lot of annoying bugs though). I wish you could see more of Ruth Glacier!
Niiicee
I hope I'm not too tired at work tomorrow :P
22. What Was Your Favourite Fairy Tale or Nursery Rhyme? Hmmm..I'm not sure actually. Maybe "Rock a Bye Baby"? (Why on earth is a baby in a treetop though?? And why are we singing about babies falling out of trees?? So messed up LOL)
I don't think I'll be able to identify all the glaciers in my pictures, but I'll try. The forest ranger guide told everyone more than once how lucky we were to have such nice weather (it rains a LOT down there), and that we'd get to see absolutely EVERYTHING. Thrilling words!! I probably took too many pics, but it's hard not to :P
Billings Glacier. Poor retreating glacier *sniff*
So blueeee!!!
Possibly Pigot Glacier
The entrance to Barry Arm, with Cascade Glacier. You can see the top of Barry and Coxe glaciers behind the hill
Sea otters!
O hai
College Fjord and the majestic Harvard Glacier! At one spot I counted at least eight glaciers you could see at once! Paradise!
Not sure of this one
Pretty colors!
This one looks like a soaring eagle!
I think this one is Vassar
Bryn Mawr, which looked like it had been advancing to me
It was SO bright out I'm amazed that most of my pics turned out so well haha
Smith Glacier
Coming up to Harvard!!
The face is 1.5 miles wide!
It's fun hanging out at Harvard!
Nice and healthy!
It was so cool to hear the creaks of the glacier..you can't see it, but it's (slowly) moving. It feels alive! The thunderous calving is also very cool
Help I can't stop taking pictures!!
Heck yes!
Everyone (even the crew) was amazed by this solitary piece of ice sticking up! Crazy!
*swoons*
Bye, Harvard! *sniff*
Smith and Harvard
Harvard and Yale (which is retreating)
So cool how unique every glacier is! Yale has a cool texture lol
A margarita with glacier ice?? Ummm YES please!! Haha. They also gave us chocolate chip cookies..yum!
Sea lions
A not great pic of Tebenkof Glacier
A not great pic of Beloit, Blackstone and its icefield
Possibly Ripon
Lawrence??
Beloit?
*gives up* LOL
Blackstone was SUUUPER hard to take pics of, so bright!! You could hear the waterfall in the distance
I turned around and I was like "OMG so pretty!!" Pictures don't do it justice
Oh yeahhh. My hair was hard to brush this morning LOL
The tunnel to/from Whittier
Denali's coming up!
Mom and I like to stop at this overlook when Denali's out (there were a lot of annoying bugs though). I wish you could see more of Ruth Glacier!
Niiicee
I hope I'm not too tired at work tomorrow :P
22. What Was Your Favourite Fairy Tale or Nursery Rhyme? Hmmm..I'm not sure actually. Maybe "Rock a Bye Baby"? (Why on earth is a baby in a treetop though?? And why are we singing about babies falling out of trees?? So messed up LOL)