Beginning in Anchorage
 

...the float-plane capital

 

...in season, great
salmon fishing
 

...worship and fellowship with Prince of Peace Mennonite Church

Around Anchorage - 26 Glacier Cruise
 

...seeing glaciers
up close

...waterfalls and bird rookery

...large moose at
waters edge

Around Anchorage - the farming valley
 

...an old homestead farm

...huge Alaska cabbages

...a unique musk ox farm

The train ride to Denali National Park and the rewards
 

...great view, great ride

...braided river through the park
 

...the reward:
The Great One -
"Denali"

 

Alaska's interior living, both modern and past
 

... a fish ladder especially important to native peoples

...training sled dogs

 

... old fashioned gold panning

...modern black gold,
the oil pipeline

By motorcoach, over some bumpy roads
 

...past Santa Claus House, North Pole
 

...a rest stop at Rika's with its beautiful garden
 

Welcome to Yukon Territory --
 

...gold rush territory, the Yukon River, Whitehorse,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
 

... into Skagway following the Chillkoot Trail

 

... on to our ship for our 3-day cruise down the Inside Passage
 

...green pea soup on a cold morning

...waiting for the glacier to calve

...celebrating
 

    
... happy meal    ...a good farewell
surprises          taking our memories
                          home with us.