One of the biggest earthquakes in North America occurred in Anchorage.  It lasted 5 minutes and they had to re-scale the Richter Scale afterward because it was larger than the previous maximum. The clay collapsed under the stress and an entire neighborhood was lost.  Lina was excited to see the carnage, but it is just a pretty park. We donated an entire bottle of bug spray to a bus tour who forgot theirs.  they were lucky because the mosquitoes are almost as big and nasty as we had in Yellowknife.

Here are the pictures:

Here’s the map;

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This was supposed to be the best hike in Valdez according to the people I was training.  Views from the town were better , but it was pretty.

Here’s the pics:

This mountain and waterfalls like this stretched the entire town. Wow!

The first thing we did on our trip to Alaska was visit Kincaid Park which is the major trail that takes you from one end of Anchorage to the other. We had to turn back for some bug spray due to the deluge of mosquitoes before heading out for real.  The park and trail was beautiful, especially when an eagle landed 10-20 yards from a  picnic area.

Here are the pictures:

Beautiful plumage

Trail View

Lina Spots the Eagle

Trying to take a picture through the binoculars

Should have brought the fancy camera

What’s that?

Here’s a map of our short hike:

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