Journey to California

[glacier_kitty]

So yesterday I left Fairbanks for Anchorage at 9 something. I had a row all to myself! The sunrise was lighting the sky and I was able to take pictures. I saw the Chena and Tanana Rivers!! I could see a little of the mountains of the Alaska Range but then it got too cloudy to see any others except for one lone mountain poking above the clouds (probably Mt. McKinley). After we passed the mountains it became less cloudy. I saw some very twisty rivers haha. We flew over Cook Inlet as we descended into Anchorage. I had to wait about an hour in Anchorage. It was somewhat clear but as time went on the clouds came over the mountains and it was snowing after I boarded for Seattle. We waited like..20 minutes or so before we finally took off. Jeez haha

After it snowed it started clearing off again. I saw some of the Chugach Mountains through the clouds and the Turnagain Arm road I took to get to the Kenai Peninsula (Whittier and Seward). The brown of Cook Inlet turned into blue. I saw mountains in the distance and thought they looked like the Wrangell Mountains. The guy sitting next to me confirmed it. I probably saw some glaciers on those mountains. Through the clouds I thought I saw a little of Malaspina Glacier..it has REALLY distinct moraines and what I saw looked like its moraines. Then I looked in the water and saw little white dots that I thought could be icebergs. Then I looked up..and about died of happiness. It was cloudy and rather hard to tell but it looked like there was a huge glacier with a medial moraine. I looked at a picture and it showed Malaspina and Hubbard glaciers relatively close together. So maybe it was Hubbard Glacier..and the white dots were possibly icebergs from it..I can't be sure though since it was so cloudy (I should have taken binoculars :P). Then it became so cloudy I couldn't see anything so I read and still looked out to see if there was a break in the clouds. Then I looked up and suddenly I could see again! I think we were flying over the Inside Passage or Canada..it looked like a bunch of fjords so I dubbed it Fjordland haha. It looked like a pretty easy place to get lost in. :P I definitely saw some glaciers around there (small though). There could have been glaciers covering the tops of the mountains too. We flew over a bunch of islands with little towns on them. We also flew over Vancouver (you were right judeaslinksta! Hehe) and into the Seattle area. It was SUNNY and totally clear! In SEATTLE. It was amazingggg. We flew over Puget Sound, downtown, etc. Then I saw a huge mountain looming before me..it was Mt. Rainier!! Wooo! There was another mountain near it but I forgot what it was called. The sunset was GORGEOUS..deep orange. Wowww


I had to walk rather far to get to my next flight. I had to do that last trip too. Jeez haha. I got some food and ate it while waiting for my next flight. It was dark when we left but the moonlight was SO bright I could see the snow on the mountains and its reflection on the water. I saw this big city below and somehow it felt like it was in Nevada. It was near mountains too. Dana said it was probably Reno. We landed (8 something?), I met Dana in the airport and she drove us to her apartment. I was gazing at the palm trees like "whoaaaa" haha. I dropped my stuff off and went to dinner at Chili's. Our waiter was SO awkward..and I felt like he was hitting on us. Eesh. We had a good dinner though. Then we went back to the apartment, talked for awhile and went to bed

Today we hung out at the apartment for awhile and then went to Target to get some DVDs, a blanket (I was soo cold last night!!) and a softer pillow. We dropped those off and then had lunch at Olive Garden. Yay! Hehe. Breadsticks and pasta and chocolate mousse cake mmmmmm. As we were driving back I suddenly saw a sign that said "Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 4th"! I was like "OMG we should go!!" I looked online after we got back and amazingly we were able to get tickets! Also amazing is that Dana gets off work early tomorrow (she just has a class thingy) so we are able to go to the concert! (It's at 8) OMG it's like it was meant to be. This'll be my 4th time seeing TSO in concert. WOO!! Dana's at work now and here I am. Hehe. The weather's been nice today! Now time for pics ;)






Mt. McKinley sticking out of the clouds









Cook Inlet



The Chugach Mountains through the clouds



Mountains in the Wrangells




Coooooool. That's definitely glaciated haha



Mountains in Fjordland



Yay! That's definitely a glacier haha



Little towns







Seattle

Cooooool





MOUNT RAINIER :D















Reno?

Comments

[witherwings7.livejournal.com]

The islands north of Seattle you saw were probably the San Juans :D
It's soooo nice knowing somebody that also goes gaga for airplane photos, I love looking for things!

Here's some of mine from the flight to and from Alaska.


Mt. St. Helens I think


Orcas Island in the San Juan island chain, they border Washington and Canada


Yosemite National Park!


I squeed, haha


Sweeeeet

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

Yeah me too! It's so much fun haha

OMG I'm so jealous of your glacier pics! They're so..exquisite looking. The crevasses and moraines..so amazing

[witherwings7.livejournal.com]

It's partly the camera and partly Paint Shop. I play with the settings but always have my camera on 'infinity' mode for airplane photos. Then I usually have to tweak the picture in paint shop just a little bit to bring the colors and contrast out.

[judeaslinksta.livejournal.com]

omg yay Vancouver <3. If I squint my eyes I can almost pinpoint the general vicinity in which I grew up!
Also, yay TSO! That's such awesome timing!

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Yay! Such awesome photos! I especially love the Mt. Rainier photo. Glaciated mountains! Heehee. Yay! Perhaps I'll steal a handful of these, too haha.