Valdez pics

Aug 29, 2013 16:51



Hayes, Hess or Deborah haha..ugh it's so bad I still can't tell them apart :P










Mt. Hayes maybe





Summit Lake


Gulkana Glacier across the lake


Mt. Drum (in the Wrangell Mountains) and I think that's the Copper River





We'd never stopped at this pullout before..a nice surprise haha


Mt. Wrangell


They change position on you when you're driving haha


Worthington Glacier!








Dad adventuring up the glacier

















Cool striations!





The ice looked cool here


Lovely morning in Valdez!





Sunny harbor


The Lu-Lu Belle


Anderson Glacier





Sea otters!














The little you can see of Shoup Glacier haha (mom and I went kayaking there once)





Anderson Falls








A purse seiner hauling up its net. It caught only jellyfish..aww


Montague and Hinchinbrook islands. They protect Prince William Sound from storms and stuff








Looking for puffins





Found them!





Such pretty water!!











Sea lions. They make such funny sounds :P














Heading to Columbia Glacier


Heather Island :D


The glacier used to reach to the island!








Big iceberg








Ooo..moraines! *drools*


Leftover ice from the glacier


The "fake" Columbia Glacier haha

















The "real" Columbia Glacier haha


Way too big to get in one picture :P








This glacier used to be connected to Columbia




















GLACIERS EVERYWHERE





That big blank spot on the mountain was how high the ice used to be





Epic!








Sitting up there was awesome! We totally had the best view ;) (My knees got bruised from kneeling though haha)


We are now a quarter of a mile from the ice! SO EXCITING





Blueee





Epic calving!!!


It was so loud!! It also made a big wave haha





More (little) calving


Wall of iceeee





Wow! I bet that was a great flight!


A sea otter on an iceberg. There were a bunch more, but they dove into the water when they saw us. They HATE being seen out of water (they feel vulnerable) but that one didn't even care haha





Salmon stream








Icebergs from Valdez Glacier (the glacier you can see in the mountains is a different glacier)





The glacier is behind there somewhere..





Keystone Canyon is so pretty


Horsetail Falls


27 Mile Glacier


Preeeetty





Worthington Glacier in better light





I remember when the glacier reached the upper lake!



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