Glaciers, clouds and mountains oh my!

[glacier_kitty]

I am in Wisconsin! We left Fairbanks last night for Anchorage. When we got to the airport we talked to the ticket agent person cause on some flights we had middle seats (not together) and mom wanted to change that even though she thought it was full. Well she was able to give us window seats and put us together! I was like "EEEE" haha. That was my first time flying over Alaska with no snow covering everything! It was pretty cloudy but I did see this one random glacier on a mountain! Then I saw the tops of Mt. McKinley and Mt. Foraker (the wind was blowing the snow off the top of it..sweeeet) and then through the clouds I saw this AWESOME glacier with SWEET moraines. It may have been Muldrow Glacier. It was SO awesome haha. Then further from that one I saw another glacier! (Kahiltna?) I love seeing their moraines not covered with snow. :D We descended into Anchorage, waited some there and then got on the looooong flight to Chicago (at least 5 or 6 hours..guh). The sun was setting (11 something) and it got darker the further we flew. I still got to see this MASSIVE icefield and Bering and Malaspina Glaciers!! Those are impossible to miss in the right conditions..they are seriously HUUUGE. Mom kept telling me it wasn't those glaciers I saw cause we were inland and not near the coast but I saw the ocean in the distance and NO other glaciers look like that that I know of..they're unmistakable. It kept getting more cloudy and dark and gave up and tried to sleep (though we are coming back that way during the day so hopefully it won't be too cloudy and I can get better pics). Then I read..and it was cloudy for hours..and I just wanted to land when we were still 3 hours away haha. There was like a weird permanent sunset-sunrise from going into different time zones. We fiiinally land (hello boring Midwest scenery :P) and we're exhausted but we still had to get our rental car and drive 90 some miles to Ron and Teresa's house..ughh. I could barely stay awake. It's reaaaally humid here haha. I saw a sign that said "Glacial Drumlin Trail"! I was like "DUUUUDE" haha. We finally got to their house..Stephanie definitely has grown since I saw her last..wow. Grandpa drove up from Florida to see us too! Hopefully we'll have a fun time (I may get so confused when it gets dark here at night though :P)



Part of the float pond in Fairbanks



I squeaked loudly when I saw that haha. The hill is Ester Dome

The confluence of the Tanana and the Chena! :D


Rain!



Glacier!

Foraker and McKinley

Windy

Shiny shiny glacier :D











Awesomeee sunset



















Bering Glacier?



Huge icefield. The dark spots are crevasses



Heavily glaciated mountain

Malaspina Glacier. It's bigger than Rhode Island

Lovely sunset-sunrise thing haha

Comments

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

I cannot get over how amazingly different Alaska looks when there is no snow on the ground! It's so beautiful. That's awesome that you got such good views of Mt. Foraker and Mt. McKinley again AND that you saw so many glaciers! Hopefully you'll get to see more on the way back, too. I love the pics of the sunset.

I bet it is very confusing to you that it is already dark where you are now haha. :P I hope you're enjoying Wisconsin!

[seachaange.livejournal.com]

those pictures are awesome, heather!! it's fascinating to me how much you love glaciers. they are very beautiful and i wish i could see some in person. i love plane pictures too, you can always get some pretty sweet views. i hope you're having fun!!!