Anchorage Temple

Spring Water Straight Out of The Cliff

As we were driving to the temple all the inlet, Steve pulls over where there is no room and we get out to fill our bottles with spring water.  

Glacier Hike

This is a glacier two hours east of Anchorage.  It is 24 miles long and gets up to 4 miles wide.

Down below, we are in the surrounding on all sides by the glacier. You can see in the dead center of the picture on the cliff a block dot.  That is three ice climbers.  Now you can see how large this place and how amazing it was to be in the midst of it all.

Drinking Glacier Water

Steve and I hiked a half mile into the glacier.  We hiked up and down and dodged crevasses.  Here was a waterfall feeding our opportunity to drink the purest form of water on earth.  You'll notice our backsides are soaked from having to slide into this location because the angle was too steep.

Rafting on my Birthday

The temperature of the Neanna River is 36-38 degrees.  Thus we have sealed tight dry suits.   Of all my trips rafting, this was my warmest, despite the river being the coldest in my experience.  The trip had good hits on rapids.  We saw a Dal Sheep in the Canyon.  I did a back flip off the raft, and it was just fun to add another experience to everything that is going on here in Denali.

Beaver Pond

That's a beaver doing his dam work!
Look how big this is!
This is Mary, me, random kid, Crystal, Melanie, Taylor, Danny

Home made landing strip

On a Saturday evening walk, us friends parked at a church member's house and proceeded to head to the Beaver pond.  Along the way the dirt road divides the plane and the airstrip composed of grass.  It's a little kept secret it seems as it is contained within the forrest. 

World Renowned Opera Singer

On a charity visit to Fairbanks and Denali, David Cangelosi performs at the main lodge with his "favorite singing backdrop" of all his career (the impressive mountains).  As you can see, I got a seat in the very front.  The best way and my first experience of listening to live opera.  It was great and I look forward to a future opportunities to go to live shows.

Life @ Tour and Front Desk

This where Danny and I work....ok joke around, laugh, and share stories on the crazy things these tourists say.  The Tour Desk and Front Desk are side by side and thus there is a lot of interaction.

Entrance - 1 mile from where I work

Northern Lights

This is the night sky of viewing the Northern Lights.   The moon and clouds were in the southern sky and Melanie and I look northward.  We were talking as I was facing away from that portion of the sky when Mel interrupted me to then have us view the wavering tint of green dancing in the sky.