Snow Removal

Snow Removal in Alaska

Girdwood, Alaska

2006. Girdwood, Alaska may have been one of our favorite towns in Alaska. Maybe because it was close enough to things, had an industry we could get jobs in, and was just plain old down to earth. We loved the food, the scenery, and the people.

Fun Home In Gridwood, Alaska

Alyeska Resort

Yummy Beers

2006. Alaska - Epluche-Culotte, Belgian Ale & The Immortal, IPA!

Alyeska Resort - Alaska

2006. The Alyeska Resort in Alaska. The view from the room, the room, and the lobby.

Grounds For Hope

2006, Alaska. They love coffee in Alaska. Every where we went we found these fun coffee stops.

Leaf

The colors were "popping"

Whittier

2006. The Gateway To Prince William Sound, Whitter, Alaska.

Alaskan Amber Beer

2006. Alaska. Catch of the day!

Kodiak Island Brewing Co. - Alaska

2006. Kodiak Island Brewing Co. - Growlers, "Beers To Go", and the Brewer and I. Good times!

Alaskan Crabbing :)

2006, Kodiak Alaska - The Deadliest Catch!

St Paul Harbor

Kodiak Harbor. 9/2006.

Big Bear

Kodiak, 9/2006. There was a bank in Kodiak which had the largest bear ever killed and mounted. Wendy & I had to see it and they were more than happy to show it off. They even took the picture!

Food For Less

Kodiak 9/2006. We have Publix, they have Food for Less.

Mossy

9/2006. Kodiak, by the black beach, crazy mossy trees.

Black Beach

9/2006. Kodiak. A black beach.

Docks

St Paul. I love this picture. Its hard to see where the docks end and the reflection begins.

Kodiak Harbor

Sept. 2006. Kodiak's harbor. The brewery is right across the street. Lucky us!

Horse In The Road

Sept. 2006, Kodiak, Alaska. While driving back from a hike we came across a couple of horses on the road. At this time of year, it felt we had all of Alaska to ourselves.

Mossy

Sept. 2006, Kodiak, Alaska. Mossy trees.

Deer

Sept. 2006, Kodiak. On our hike we came across some deer. If you look closely, you'll see two in this picture.

Old Women Trail - Kodiak Island Alaska

Great hike :)

Old Woman Trail - Kodiak

Sept. 2006. Wendy & I hiked Old Woman Trail in Kodiak. They call it Old Woman Trail because back in the day, the old women hiked up here to die.

Wendy & Hitch Hiker

Sept. 2006, Kodiak. Wendy & I gave a lift to this man (80+ years old) who was traveling in Kodiak. A safe hitch hiker.

Powerful Camera

Sept. 2006. On board the Alaskan Marine Highway we ran into these two guys who claimed (and I believe them) that they have the most powerful camera in the world. If I have time, I'll look for the business card with his web site, pretty cool thing he created.

Wendy On Board

Sept. 2006. A little chilly.

On Board - View

Sept. 2006. On board the Alaskan Marie Highway we saw miles and miles of beautiful views.

Ghost Ship

Sept. 2006 . The Alaskan Marine Highway is like a Ghost Ship in September! It holds over 700 people, but on our two legs, it had only 30 some people aboard. Kinda cool.

Leaving Homer

Sept. 2006

Wendita

Sept. 2006. Off to Kodiak.

Jeffito

Sept. 2006. Heading toward Kodiak.

Alaskan Marine Highway - View From Ship

Sept. 2006. Who needs a cruise when you travel via the Alaskan Marine Highway? We had a state room, movie theater, restaurant, and bar all on board. It took about 12 hours to get to Kodiak from Homer and about 20 hours to go from Kodiak to Witter. However, the view were awesome.

Alaskan Marine Highway - Ship

Sept. 2006, Homer. Wendy and I boarded the Alaskan Marine Highway in Homer to get to Kodiak. At this time of year, we had the whole ship almost to ourselves.